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St. Louis Blues at Colorado Avalanche

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
completed
Avalanche logo
Avalanche
Colorado
2
vs
Blues logo
Blues
St. Louis
3
COL 67%33% STL
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Colorado Avalanche 67% to win. The top 3 signals favoring Avalanche:

  • Offensive Efficiency. Avalanche offense (3.8 PPG) outpaces Blues (2.6 PPG)
  • Recent Form. Avalanche (42-10) in better form than Blues (24-29)
  • Home Field Advantage. Avalanche are 0-0 at home this season (divisional game, reduced advantage)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the offensive efficiency edge were neutral: COL 61% (−6)
  • If the recent-form edge were neutral: COL 61% (−6)
  • If the home-field edge were neutral: COL 62% (−5)
  • If the defensive efficiency edge were neutral: COL 62% (−5)

Win probability movement

COL home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement73%68%62%Apr 2Apr 5

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

Blues (away)
Avalanche (home)
33%
Win probability
67%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Blues defeated the Avalanche 3-2.

Our model predicted the Avalanche would win with 67% confidence, but the Blues won against the model's expectation. Results like this help us refine the model.

Looking at the factors our model weighed:

  • Offensive Efficiency favored the Avalanche and was a contributing factor: Avalanche offense (3.8 PPG) outpaces Blues (2.6 PPG)
  • Recent Form favored the Avalanche and was a contributing factor: Avalanche (42-10) in better form than Blues (24-29)
  • Home Field Advantage favored the Avalanche and was a contributing factor: Avalanche are 0-0 at home this season (divisional game, reduced advantage)

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

Blues won 2-3

Blues won in a close game

Prediction IncorrectWe predicted Avalanche at 67%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Offensive EfficiencyFavors Colorado Avalanche
  • Recent FormFavors Colorado Avalanche
  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Colorado Avalanche
  • Defensive EfficiencyFavors Colorado Avalanche
  • InjuriesNeutral
  • Rest DaysNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

STL
COL
Offensive Efficiency
Recent Form
Home Field Advantage
Defensive Efficiency
Favours STL|Favours COL

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Model vs. Market

Comparing our model against market-implied probabilities

Avalanche

Our Model67%

Blues

Our Model33%

Understanding the win probability calculation

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 4/5/2026, 8:50:00 AM

Key Players

Blues

Georgi RomanovG
Joel HoferG
Jordan BinningtonG
Tynan LawrenceC
Dillon DubeC

Avalanche

Trent MinerG
Mackenzie BlackwoodG
Magnus ChronaG
Scott WedgewoodG
Zakhar BardakovC

Learn About Our Analysis

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Frequently Asked Questions

Avalanche has a 67% win probability, while Blues has a 33% 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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