Colorado Avalanche vs Chicago Blackhawks: Game preview, predictions and odds

Colorado Avalanche vs Chicago Blackhawks: Game preview, predictions and odds | April 2, 2025

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The Colorado Avalanche are on the road to face the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. ET.

Both teams are coming off losses as Colorado (45-26-4) suffered a 3-2 shootout defeat to Calgary on Monday while Chicago (21-44-9) lost 5-2 to Utah on Sunday.

Avalanche vs Blackhawks: Head-to-head & key stats

Colorado is 81-59-9-8 all-time against Chicago
The Avalanche are averaging 3.32 goals per game
Chicago is 14-20-4 at home
Colorado is allowing 2.77 goals per game
The Blackhawks are allowing 3.6 goals per game
The Avalanche are 20-15-1 on the road
Chicago is averaging 2.7 goals per game

Colorado Avalanche vs Chicago Blackhawks: Preview

Colorado is on a two-game losing streak. The team is led by Nathan MacKinnon's 110 points, Cale Makar's 85 points, Artturi Lehkonen's 43 points and Devon Toews' 39 points.

The Avalanche will start Mackenzie Blackwood who is 21-9-3 with a 2.14 GAA and a .919 SV% since being traded to Colorado. In his career against Chicago, he is 4-0-2 with a 2.11 GAA and a .921 SV%.

Meanwhile, Chicago is on a three-game losing streak and is one of the worst teams in the NHL. The Blackhawks are expected to start Spencer Knight who is 3-6 with a 3.26 GAA and a .887 SV% since being traded to Chicago. In his career against the Avalanche, he is 0-1 with a 2.03 GAA and a .900 SV%.

The Blackhawks are led by Ryan Donato who has 59 points, Connor Bedard with 58 points, Teuvo Teravainen with 56 points and Tyler Bertuzzi with 41 points.

Avalanche vs Blackhawks: Odds & Prediction

Colorado is a -380 favorite while Chicago is a +300 underdog. The over/under is set at 6.5 goals.

The Avalanche hasn't been playing well as of late but this is a great spot for them to get back into the win column.

Colorado should be able to score at will as the Blackhawks are struggling defensively and in the net. Look for the Avalanche to start strong and get a big win.

Prediction: Avalanche 5, Blackhawks 2.

Avalanche vs Blackhawks: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Colorado -1.5 (-142)

Tip 2: Over 6.5 goals (-105)

Tip 3: Nathan MacKinnon has 4+ shots on goal (-135)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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