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Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars NHL Predictions

2025-05-03 • American Airlines Center
Dallas Stars 4 - 2 Colorado Avalanche
🚨 Upset Win (62% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
DAL: 37.8%
COL: 62.2%
Expected Goals
DAL: 2.66
COL: 3.34
Total Goals
Median: 6.5
Over 5.5: 67%
Over 6.5: 50%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

DAL
Jake Oettinger - 16-7-3 | 0.907 SV% | 2.57 GAA
COL
Mackenzie Blackwood - 13-1-1 | 0.924 SV% | 2.07 GAA
StatDALCOL
Season SV%0.9070.924
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.572.07
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
DALJake Oettinger2725292.6%3.1531.15
COLMackenzie Blackwood1915478.9%3.002-1.00
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: 53% • DAL at home vs COL: 7-10
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-10-13DAL 2 - 3 COLCOLCOL
2026-04-04DAL 0 - 2 COLCOLCOL
2026-03-18COL 1 - 2 DALDALCOL
2026-03-06DAL 4 - 5 COLCOLCOL
2025-10-11COL 4 - 5 DALDALDAL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1DAL1000.47
1COL1221.06
2DAL1200.86
2COL1500.76
3DAL1021.67
3COL2111.33
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
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 62.2%
Total Goals
Actual: 6.0
Expected: 6.0
Score Breakdown
Dallas Stars 4 - 2 Colorado Avalanche
Expected: 2.7 - 3.3