April 30 NHL Playoff Picks — Game 3 San Jose Sharks at Colorado Avalanche

This is the condensed set of picks for Saturday’s Game 3 Western Conference semifinal series between the San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche 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.

San Jose Sharks at Colorado Avalanche:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Avalanche (-125) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 6 goals (-120) — 4/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Avalanche OVER 3 goals (-150) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 2: Burns OVER 0.5 points (-180) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 3: Rantanen OVER 2.5 shots (-140) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 4: Meier OVER 0.5 points (-120) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Period: Avalanche -0.5 goals (+160) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st Period: OVER 1.5 goals (-145) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st Period: YES to goal in first 10 minutes (-155) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 3-5-1 (.389)
Previous Day’s Record: 5-4-0 (.556)
Playoff Record: 42-48-3 (.468)

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: 42-48-3 (.468)

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: 2-3 (.400)           (24-27 (471) in Playoffs)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-1-1 (.500)        (14-13-2 (.517) in Playoffs)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-1 (.500)           (4-8-1 (.346) in Playoffs)

(Nathan MacKinnon photo courtesy Ron Chenoy/USA TODAY Sports)