April 26 NHL Playoff Picks — Colorado Avalanche at San Jose Sharks

This is the condensed set of picks for Friday’s Game 1 Western Conference semifinal series between the Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks for Winners and Whiners. Confidence ratings are in parentheses, and a link to the preview is below.

Note: The 5/5 does not represent the best overall pick of the day’s games when there are multiple games, simply the best pick of each individual game.

Colorado Avalanche at San Jose Sharks:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Sharks (-135) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 6 goals (-125) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Sharks OVER 3 goals (-150) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 2: Mikko Rantanen OVER 0.5 points (-180) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 3: Erik Karlsson OVER 0.5 points (-165) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 4: Timo Meier OVER 0.5 points (-130) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Period: Sharks -0.5 goals (+165) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Period: OVER 1.5 goals (-150) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period: YES to goal in first 10 minutes (-160) — 3/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 7-2-0 (.778)
Previous Day’s Record: 4-3-1 (.563)
Playoff Record: 30-34-2 (.470)

April Record: 13-11-0 (.542)
March Record 47-19-1 (.709)
February Record: 38-33-0 (.535)
January Record: 27-31-3 (.482)
December Record 39-33-1 (.541)
November Record: 44-36-0 (.550)
October Record: 31-22-0 (.585)

Season Record: 239-191-5 (.555)
Playoff Record: 30-34-2 (.470)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in Playoffs)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in Playoffs)
3-Star Pick Record: 5-0 (1.00)           (18-19 (486) in Playoffs)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-1 (.667)           (9-9-1 (.500) in Playoffs)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-1 (.000)           (3-6-1 (.350) in Playoffs)

(Brent Burns/Erik Karlsson photo courtesy Stan Szeto/USA TODAY Sports)