🏒 NHLForecasts.com
Data-Driven NHL Predictions & Analytics
2025-26 Season Live

Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche NHL Predictions

2025-04-08 • Ball Arena
Colorado Avalanche 3 - 2 Vegas Golden Knights

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
COL: 60.4%
VGK: 39.6%
Expected Goals
COL: 3.15
VGK: 2.75
Total Goals
Median: 6.4
Over 5.5: 60%
Over 6.5: 45%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

COL
Scott Wedgewood - 17-1-4 | 0.919 SV% | 2.13 GAA
VGK
Akira Schmid - 11-4-4 | 0.895 SV% | 2.50 GAA
StatCOLVGK
Season SV%0.9190.895
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.132.50
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
COLScott Wedgewood2422291.7%2.2930.29
VGKAkira Schmid3835392.1%5.5732.57
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: 38% • COL at home vs VGK: 3-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-05-26VGK 2 - 1 COLVGKCOL
2026-05-24VGK 5 - 3 COLVGKCOL
2026-05-22COL 1 - 3 VGKVGKCOL
2026-05-20COL 2 - 4 VGKVGKCOL
2026-04-11COL 2 - 3 VGKVGKCOL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1COL1400.69
1VGK900.39
2COL2522.61
2VGK720.66
3COL1200.73
3VGK1210.69
4COL300.41
4VGK300.33
5COL311.12
5VGK300.23
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: 60.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 5.9
Score Breakdown
Colorado Avalanche 3 - 2 Vegas Golden Knights
Expected: 3.1 - 2.8