#23/24 ASA TOP PLAY ON OVER 6 Goals - Colorado Avalanche vs Detroit Red Wings, Tuesday at 9 PM ET - The key reason that the Red Wings, prior to last night, had been straight-up spiraling with just 2 wins in their last 11 games had a lot to do with goals conceded. Now off a 5-1 win there is much more than meets the eye to that one. Detroit goalie Petr Mrazek got hurt very early and Alex Lyon came in and had a rare, strong performance though he did not face a lot of shots. The Red Wings had allowed 4 goals per game in their 11 games prior to last night's win. Detroit now has a goalie problem again tonight. Lyon won't go because he played last night and Mrazek is now out with an injury. That means it will be Cam Talbot here and he has allowed at least 4 goals in 6 of his last 9 starts! He will struggle again in goal here against a very strong Avalanche team and let's not forget the Red Wings started this road trip first getting smoked 4-1 in Washington and then torched 6-3 in Vegas. Detroit’s on the ropes, and now their big deadline pickup, Petr Mrazek, proved he ain't saving the day plus he is now out with an injury. We did end up liking what we saw from the Red Wings in their neutral zone play and playing up high in the D zone to create some odd man rushes in the win at Utah last night. They did not have to generate a lot of shots on goal but they did create quality chances plus we saw some extra hunger in front of the goal for 2nd chance opportunities. The Red Wings are still within striking distance of the final Wild Card spot in the East and they have some added confidence after netting 5 goals last night. Trouble for Detroit is their goalie is likely to get torched again here by a Colorado team that has won 10 of 12 games and scored 4 goals per game on average during this run. The Avalanche are projected to have Mackenzie Blackwood in goal here. Not only did he allow 4 goals at Montreal in most recent start, he has allowed 7 goals in his last 2 starts on home ice. Last but not least, both these clubs have been strong on the power play this season. The Avalanche are not great on the penalty kill either while the Red Wings penalty kill has been brutally bad on the season. This means we should see some special teams goals here as well. By the way, the Avs have averaged scoring 5 goals per game last 7 games at home plus we expect Detroit also builds off last night's 5-goal showing and we look for plenty of goals as a result in this one. Bet the over!