ASA NHL TOP PLAY 10* ON OVER: Colorado Avalanche versus Arizona Coyotes, Friday at 2 PM ET

Under the bubble in Edmonton the Coyotes scored well when they faced the Oilers. In fact, dating back to the regular season, Arizona entered this series against the Avalanche having seen 7 of their last 10 games total at least 6 goals. The Coyotes are facing the Avs on the same sheet of ice on which they faced the Oilers of course. But the problem for Arizona is they were "back on their heels" in game 1 against Colorado and were not aggressive at all. The Coyotes mustered only 14 shots on goal for the game as a result. Of course that won't cut it and they are well aware of that. Look for Arizona to open things up a bit here in game two. The Coyotes don't have a choice. They know the Avalanche have so much firepower and skate so well and Arizona has to try and match them and just continue to trust Darcy Keumper in goal. We see this series as a similar match-up to the Vegas/Chicago match-up. In that one in game 1 the Blackhawks weren't aggressive enough and came out and lost a low-scoring game. Sure enough, yesterday's game 2, though the Hawks still lost, played out much differently as the game had 6 goals (tied 3-3) through the first two periods. Look for a similar result here and our computer simulation report is forecasting at least 6 goals to be scored in this one. Bet the OVER in Colorado in NHL afternoon action Friday