The Colorado Avalanche and Anaheim Ducks meet Wednesday in NHL action at the Honda Center. The Colorado Avalanche look for a win after winning eight of their last nine games. The Anaheim Ducks need a win after losing eight of their last 10 games.

The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 4.3 goals per game and are scoring on 24.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Mikko Rantanen leads Colorado with 20 goals, Nazem Kadri has 35 assists and Nathan MacKinnon has 125 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 3.2 goals per game and are killing 74.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Darcy Kuemper has allowed 65 goals on 709 shots faced, and Jonas Johansson has allowed 24 goals on 200 shots.

The Anaheim Ducks are averaging 2.9 goals per game and are scoring on 25.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Troy Terry leads Anaheim with 22 goals, Ryan Getzlaf has 22 assists and Trevor Zegras has 82 shots on goal. Defensively, the Anaheim Ducks are allowing 2.9 goals per game and are killing 84.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. John Gibson has given up 72 goals on 866 shots faced, and Anthony Stolarz has allowed 32 goals on 394 shots.

The Avalanche are 43-14 in their last 57 games following a win and 57-22 in their last 79 overall. The Ducks are 6-2 in their last 8 Wednesday games and 2-8 in their last 10 overall. The over is 32-15-4 in Avalanche last 51 overall. The under is 11-3-1 in Ducks last 15 overall. The Avalanche are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Anaheim and 6-0 in the last 6 meetings.

The Colorado Avalanche remain one of the more consistent teams in the sport and are piling up the points at a rapid rate. The Anaheim Ducks have fallen off a cliff over the last couple of weeks, and their defense is struggling across the board. The Avs have also won six straight meetings against the Ducks, and none of those games were close. In fact, all six wins were decided by two or more goals, and they’ve outscored them 15-5 in the last four meetings. Give me the Avalanche and the PL for max betting value.