The Colorado Avalanche will travel to Toronto, Ontario to face the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena with the puck scheduled to drop at 7:00 PM ET on Saturday evening and will air on the NHL Network.

Colorado is one of the top teams in the Western Conference as they enter this game with a record of 27-12-3 and 57 points which puts them in 2^nd place in the Central Division and gives them the 3^rd best record in the Western Conference while having won six of their last seven games and are on a two-game winning streak following a 3-0 shutout win at home against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday. 

The success for the Avalanche this season can be attributed to their offensive play as they enter this matchup averaging the 3^rd most goals per game and having the 8^th best power-play success rate with an average of 3.69 goals per game while having a power-play success rate of 25%. The Avalanche have been an average team defensively as they rank 16^th in goals allowed per game with an average of 3.1 goals. 

Nathan Nathan MacKinnon has been one of the best players in the league this season as he leads the league in assists and is 2^nd in the league in points with 45 assists and 67 points. The Colorado Avalanche will look to extend their winning streak to three games when they travel to face the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference as they enter this game with a record of 21-10-8 and 50 points which puts them in 3^rd place in the Atlantic Division and gives them the 5^th best record in the conference, however, they are coming off a 3-4 overtime loss on the road against the New York Islanders on Thursday which also ended their four-game winning streak. 

The Maple Leafs have been one of the best teams offensively in the league this season as they are averaging the 4^th most goals per game and have the 6^th best power-play success rate with an average of 3.68 goals per game and a power-play success rate of 26.96%. Auston Matthews has been one of the best players in the NHL this season as he leads the league in goals with 33 while William Nylander is 5^th in the league in points with 57. 

However, Toronto has been a slightly below-average team defensively as they rank 18^th in goals allowed per game with an average of 3.18 goals allowed per game. The Toronto Maple Leafs will look to bounce back following the loss against the Islanders when they host the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday evening.

BookMaker has the Toronto Maple Leafs listed as -118 moneyline favorites at home against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday evening. Colorado has won six of the last ten and two of the previous three meetings. The Maple Leafs have outscored the Avalanche by an average of 3.8 to 3.4 goals per game over the last ten and 3.67 to 3 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

Colorado enters this game with a better record and is on a two-game winning streak while the Maple Leafs are coming off a loss. The Avalanche have been the better team in the series, winning six of the last ten and two of the previous three meetings. As a result, I am taking the moneyline for the Colorado Avalanche at -102 when they travel to face the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday evening.