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Colorado Avalanche at Chicago Blackhawks NHL Predictions

2025-01-08 • United Center
Chicago Blackhawks 3 - 1 Colorado Avalanche
🚨 Upset Win (52% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
CHI: 48.3%
COL: 51.7%
Expected Goals
CHI: 2.97
COL: 3.21
Total Goals
Median: 5.8
Over 5.5: 55%
Over 6.5: 40%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

CHI
Spencer Knight - 19-25-11 | 0.902 SV% | 2.82 GAA
COL
Scott Wedgewood - 30-6-6 | 0.920 SV% | 2.07 GAA
StatCHICOL
Season SV%0.9090.919
Last 5 SV%0.8510.951
SV% vs Opponent0.9501.000
GAA2.632.13
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 73% • CHI at home vs COL: 2-4
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-20CHI 1 - 4 COLCOLCOL
2026-02-28COL 3 - 1 CHICOLCOL
2025-11-23CHI 0 - 1 COLCOLCOL
2025-04-02CHI 2 - 3 COLCOLCOL
2025-03-10COL 3 - 0 CHICOLCOL

⚡ In-Game Win Probability

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 0:00 20:00 40:00 60:00 In-Game Win Probability Home Win Probability Game Time (minutes)

Goals

PeriodTimeTeamScorer
106:14COLGoal
116:48CHIGoal
210:17CHIGoal
311:54CHIGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 51.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 4.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
Chicago Blackhawks 3 - 1 Colorado Avalanche
Expected: 3.0 - 3.2