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Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche NHL Predictions

2025-01-20 • Ball Arena
Colorado Avalanche 1 - 3 Minnesota Wild
🚨 Upset Loss (64% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
COL: 64.3%
MIN: 35.7%
Expected Goals
COL: 3.59
MIN: 2.70
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 62%
Over 6.5: 45%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

COL
Scott Wedgewood - 21-4-5 | 0.913 SV% | 2.29 GAA
MIN
Filip Gustavsson - 20-9-6 | 0.906 SV% | 2.64 GAA
StatCOLMIN
Season SV%0.9190.912
Last 5 SV%0.8910.895
SV% vs Opponent0.949
GAA2.132.47
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 40% • COL at home vs MIN: 3-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-02-26COL
2025-12-21MIN 1 - 5 COLCOLMIN
2025-11-28MIN 3 - 2 COLMINCOL
2025-03-11MIN 2 - 1 COLMINMIN
2025-02-28COL 5 - 2 MINCOLCOL

⚡ 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
112:18MINGoal
218:52COLGoal
302:08MINGoal
303:43MINGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 64.3%
Total Goals
Actual: 4.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Colorado Avalanche 1 - 3 Minnesota Wild
Expected: 3.6 - 2.7