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Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
completed
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Avalanche
Colorado
2
vs
COL 64%36% VGK
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Colorado Avalanche 64% to win. The top 3 signals favoring Avalanche:

  • Home Field Advantage. Avalanche are 0-0 at home this season
  • Recent Form. Avalanche (42-10) in better form than Golden Knights (29-20)
  • Defensive Efficiency. Avalanche defense (2.4 Opp PPG) better than Golden Knights (3.1 Opp PPG)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: COL 58% (−6)
  • If the recent-form edge were neutral: COL 59% (−5)
  • If the defensive efficiency edge were neutral: COL 60% (−4)
  • If the offensive efficiency edge were neutral: COL 60% (−4)

Win probability movement

COL home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement69%63%58%Apr 8Apr 11

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

Golden Knights (away)
Avalanche (home)
36%
Win probability
64%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Golden Knights defeated the Avalanche 3-2.

Our model predicted the Avalanche would win with 64% confidence, but the Golden Knights 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: Avalanche are 0-0 at home this season
  • Recent Form favored the Avalanche and was a contributing factor: Avalanche (42-10) in better form than Golden Knights (29-20)
  • Defensive Efficiency favored the Avalanche and was a contributing factor: Avalanche defense (2.4 Opp PPG) better than Golden Knights (3.1 Opp PPG)

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

Golden Knights won 2-3

Golden Knights won in a close game

Prediction IncorrectWe predicted Avalanche at 64%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

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

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

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

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Understanding the win probability calculation

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 4/11/2026, 8:50:00 AM

Key Players

Golden Knights

Carter HartG
Carl LindbomG
Adin HillG
Kai UchaczC
Tanner LaczynskiC

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 64% win probability, while Golden Knights has a 36% 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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