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Pittsburgh Penguins at Colorado Avalanche

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
completed
Avalanche logo
Avalanche
Colorado
2
vs
Penguins logo
Penguins
Pittsburgh
7
COL 56%44% PIT
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Colorado Avalanche 56% to win. The biggest signal favoring Avalanche:

  • Home Field Advantage. Base home field advantage applied (no detailed stats available)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: COL 52% (−4)

Win probability movement

COL home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement61%56%51%Mar 14Mar 16

Labels mark updates of 5 points or more, named by the factor that moved most.

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VenueBall Arena
Denver, CO

Team Comparison

Head-to-head snapshot based on our model inputs

Penguins (away)
Avalanche (home)
44%
Win probability
56%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Penguins defeated the Avalanche 7-2.

Our model predicted the Avalanche would win with 56% confidence, but the Penguins won against the model's expectation. Results like this help us refine the model.

Looking at the factors our model weighed:

  • Home Field Advantage favored the Avalanche and was a notable factor: Base home field advantage applied (no detailed stats available)
  • Offensive Efficiency was neutral and a contributing factor: No offensive stats available for comparison
  • Defensive Efficiency was neutral and a contributing factor: No defensive stats available for comparison

This analysis was generated from our model's pre-game assessment compared against the actual result. Factor accuracy helps improve future predictions.

Penguins won 2-7

Penguins won by a solid margin

Prediction IncorrectWe predicted Avalanche at 56%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Colorado Avalanche
  • Offensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • Defensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • Turnover DifferentialNeutral
  • Head to HeadNeutral
  • Recent FormNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

PIT
COL
Home Field Advantage
Favours PIT|Favours COL

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Understanding the win probability calculation

1 factor not shown (insufficient data)

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 3/16/2026, 8:50:00 AM

Key Players

Penguins

Sergei MurashovG
Taylor GauthierG
Arturs SilovsG
Evgeni MalkinC
Hendrix LapierreC

Avalanche

Mackenzie BlackwoodG
Scott WedgewoodG
Magnus ChronaG
Trent MinerG
Nathan MacKinnonC

Learn About Our Analysis

Learn about the factors behind our predictions

Frequently Asked Questions

Avalanche has a 56% win probability, while Penguins has a 44% win probability based on our analysis.

Our model considers offensive and defensive efficiency, rest days, injury impact, and historical performance.

This game is being played at Ball Arena in Denver, CO.

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