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Colorado Avalanche at New York Rangers NHL Predictions

2025-01-26 • Madison Square Garden
New York Rangers 4 - 5 Colorado Avalanche
🚨 Upset Loss (61% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
NYR: 60.8%
COL: 39.2%
Expected Goals
NYR: 3.35
COL: 3.05
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 62%
Over 6.5: 48%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

NYR
Igor Shesterkin - 17-12-4 | 0.913 SV% | 2.45 GAA
COL
Scott Wedgewood - 21-4-5 | 0.913 SV% | 2.29 GAA
StatNYRCOL
Season SV%0.9100.919
Last 5 SV%0.9420.891
SV% vs Opponent0.9070.842
GAA2.512.13
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 50% • NYR at home vs COL: 1-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-12-06NYR 2 - 3 COLCOLNYR
2025-11-20COL 6 - 3 NYRCOLCOL
2025-01-26NYR 4 - 5 COLCOLNYR
2025-01-14COL 3 - 2 NYRCOLCOL
2024-03-28COL 2 - 3 NYRNYRCOL

⚡ 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
105:43COLGoal
106:26COLGoal
107:10COLGoal
108:36NYRGoal
114:36COLGoal
216:01COLGoal
218:05COLGoal
315:02NYRGoal
319:45COLGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 60.8%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
New York Rangers 4 - 5 Colorado Avalanche
Expected: 3.3 - 3.1