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2026-27 Season Live

Toronto Maple Leafs at Colorado Avalanche NHL Predictions

2025-03-08 • Ball Arena
Colorado Avalanche 7 - 4 Toronto Maple Leafs

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
COL: 59.6%
TOR: 40.4%
Expected Goals
COL: 3.43
TOR: 2.82
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 60%
Over 6.5: 45%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

COL
Mackenzie Blackwood - 13-1-1 | 0.924 SV% | 2.07 GAA
TOR
Anthony Stolarz - 6-5-1 | 0.884 SV% | 3.51 GAA
StatCOLTOR
Season SV%0.9240.884
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.073.51
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 Blackwood2117481.0%1.711-2.29
TORAnthony Stolarz3427779.4%4.823-2.18
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: 45% • COL at home vs TOR: 2-4
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-10-10COL 3 - 6 TORTORCOL
2026-01-25TOR 1 - 4 COLCOLCOL
2026-01-12COL 3 - 4 TORTORCOL
2025-03-19TOR 2 - 1 COLTORTOR
2025-03-08COL 7 - 4 TORCOLCOL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1COL1900.76
1TOR1010.54
2COL2311.60
2TOR800.53
3COL1122.46
3TOR1500.64
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
✅ Correct
Confidence: 59.6%
Total Goals
Actual: 11.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
Colorado Avalanche 7 - 4 Toronto Maple Leafs
Expected: 3.4 - 2.8