The Colorado Avalanche will travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to face the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday evening at 7:00 PM ET.

Colorado enters this game with a record of 6-0 following a 7-4 win on the road against the New York Islanders on Tuesday. The Avalanche scored seven goals with Ryan Johansen scoring two goals while Ross Colton, Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Bown Byram, and Cale Makar each scored a goal. Mikko Rantanen recorded three assists, Cale Makar and Valeri Nichuskin recorded two assists apiece while Tomas Tatar and Devon Toews recorded an assist apiece. Alexandar Georgiev had 28 saves off of 32 shots on goal with a .875 save percentage while allowing four goals in the win against the New York Islanders. The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 4.67 goals per game with a 28.6% power play success rate while allowing an average of 2 goals per game while having a 92.6% penalty-kill percentage. Mikko Rantanen leads the team in points, goals, and assists with 12 points, 5 goals, and 7 assists this season. Alexandar Georgiev will be the starting goalie for the Colorado Avalanche when they travel to face the Pittsburgh Penguins. Georgiev is 6-0 this season with a .930 save percentage while allowing an average of 1.98 goals per game.

The Pittsburgh Penguins enter this game with a record of 2-4 following a 1-4 loss at home against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday. Pittsburgh scored one goal with Bryan Rust accounting for the goal. Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel recorded an assist in the loss against the Stars. Alex Nedeljkovic had 30 saves off of 34 shots on goal with a .882 save percentage while allowing 4 goals in the loss at home against the Dallas Stars. The Penguins are averaging 2.83 goals per game with a 12.5% power-play success rate while allowing an average of 3.33 goals per game with an 82.4% penalty-kill percentage. Evgeni Malkin leads the team in points with 8 points this season. Bryan Rust leads the team in goals with 5 goals on the year. Jake Guentzel leads the team in assists with 6 assists. Tristan Jarry will be the starting goalie for the Pittsburgh Penguins when they host the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday evening. Jarry is 1-3 on the year with a save percentage of .892 while allowing an average of 2.81 goals per game.

BookMaker has the Colorado Avalanche listed as -136 moneyline favorites on the road against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday evening. Colorado is 5-2-3 in the last ten games in the series while both teams averaged 3.2 goals per game in those contests. The Penguins have won two of the last three meetings and have won by an average margin of .67 goals per game in those matchups.

Colorado is the more talented team and has the better starting goalie in this matchup as Alexandar Georgiev has won all six games as the starting goalie for the Avalanche this season while Tristan Jarry has a record of 1-3 on the year. I look for Georgiev to remain undefeated which is why I am taking the moneyline for the Colorado Avalanche when they travel to face the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday.