The Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche meet Monday in NHL action at the Ball Arena. The Minnesota Wild look for a win after splitting their last 10 games. The Colorado Avalanche look for a win after winning 10 of their last 14 games.

The Minnesota Wild are averaging 3.6 goals per game and are scoring on 17.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Ryan Hartman leads Minnesota with 16 goals, Kirill Kaprizov has 28 assists and Kevin Fiala has 111 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 3 goals per game and are killing 79.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Cam Talbot has allowed 71 goals on 781 shots faced, and Kaapo Kahkonen has allowed 26 goals on 314 shots.

The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 4.3 goals per game and are scoring on 23.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Mikko Rantanen leads Colorado with 19 goals, Nazem Kadri has 35 assists and Nathan MacKinnon has 119 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 3.2 goals per game and are killing 73.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Darcy Kuemper has allowed 64 goals on 696 shots faced, and Jonas Johansson has allowed 24 goals on 200 shots.

The Wild are 36-17 in their last 53 games following a win and 11-5 in their last 16 overall. The Avalanche are 41-10 in their last 51 home games and 56-22 in their last 78 overall. The over is 18-8 in Wild last 26 overall. The over is 34-16-3 in Avalanche last 53 overall. The Wild are 1-4 in the last 5 meetings in Colorado and 1-4 in the last 5 meetings.

The Minnesota Wild are an excellent team, and you don’t get them at prices like this often, so I could see why you’d consider them here. However, the Colorado Avalanche have been kind to us all season, and you usually don’t fade your moneymakers. The Avalanche are just way too consistent to bet against, and they’re an absolute buzz saw at home. Give me the Avs and the PL for max betting value.