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Florida Panthers at Colorado Avalanche NHL Predictions

2025-01-06 • Ball Arena
Colorado Avalanche 3 - 1 Florida Panthers
🚨 Upset Win (53% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
COL: 46.7%
FLA: 53.3%
Expected Goals
COL: 3.19
FLA: 3.42
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 62%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

COL
Mackenzie Blackwood - 13-1-1 | 0.924 SV% | 2.07 GAA
FLA
Sergei Bobrovsky - 17-9-1 | 0.888 SV% | 2.80 GAA
StatCOLFLA
Season SV%0.9240.888
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.072.80
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
COLMackenzie Blackwood2726196.3%3.3242.32
FLASergei Bobrovsky3431391.2%3.7520.75
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 70% • COL at home vs FLA: 3-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-04FLA 2 - 1 COLFLAFLA
2025-12-11COL 6 - 2 FLACOLCOL
2025-01-06COL 3 - 1 FLACOLFLA
2024-11-23FLA 4 - 7 COLCOLCOL
2024-02-10FLA 4 - 0 COLFLAFLA

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1COL1500.97
1FLA910.86
2COL1200.82
2FLA1331.46
3COL2021.95
3FLA1801.00
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 53.3%
Total Goals
Actual: 4.0
Expected: 6.6
Score Breakdown
Colorado Avalanche 3 - 1 Florida Panthers
Expected: 3.2 - 3.4