Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche: Game preview, predictions and odds

Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche: Game preview, predictions and odds | April 8, 2025

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The Vegas Golden Knights are on the road to play the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. The puck drop is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET.

Vegas (47-22-8) is coming off a 3-2 win over Vancouver on Sunday, while Colorado (47-27-4) is coming off a 5-4 loss to St. Louis.

Golden Knights vs Avalanche: Head-to-head & key stats

Vegas is 12-13-2 against Colorado all-time
The Golden Knights are averaging 3.34 goals per game
Colorado is averaging 3.35 goals per game
Vegas is allowing 2.63 goals per game
The Avalanche are allowing 2.79 goals per game
The Golden Knights are 20-13-5 on the road
Colorado is 25-11-3 at home

Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche: Preview

Vegas is coming off a 3-2 win over Vancouver and is on a two-game winning streak. The Golden Knights are atop the Pacific Division standings. Vegas is led by Jack Eichel, who has 93 points, Mark Stone with 67 points, Tomas Hertl with 59 points, and Shea Theodore, who has 54 points.

The Golden Knights are set to start Adin Hill, who's 30-13-5 with a 2.49 GAA and a .906 SV%. In his career against Colorado, he's 5-4-1 with a 3.24 GAA and a .900 SV%.

Colorado is coming off a loss to the Blues and is in the No. 3 spot in the Central Division standings. The Avs will start Mackenzie Blackwood, who's 22-10-3 with a 2.23 GAA and a .916 SV% since being traded to Colorado. In his career against Vegas, he's 0-4 with a 3.80 GAA and a .872 SV%.

The Avalanche are led by Nathan MacKinnon, who has 115 points, Cale Makar with 91 points, Artturi Lehkonen with has 44 points, and Devon Toews, who has 43 points.

Golden Knights vs Avalanche: Betting Tips

Vegas is a +114 underdog, while Colorado is a -135 favorite, and the over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Golden Knights will finish No. 1 in the Pacific and are firmly in a playoff spot, The Avs. Vegas and Colorado and also in the race, so this could be a potential Western Conference Final.

The Golden Knights have been playing well as of late and Blackwood has struggled against Vegas. Look for the Golden Knights to be able to get the road win here.

Prediction: Vegas 4, Colorado 3.

Golden Knights vs Avalanche: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Vegas ML (+114)

Tip 2: Over 5.5 goals (-130)

Tip 3: Nathan MacKinnon 4+ shots on goal (-125)

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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