Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche: Game preview, predictions, and odds | November 27, 2024

The Vegas Golden Knights are on the road to play the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET.

Vegas (14-6-2) is coming off a 5-4 shootout win over Philadelphia on Monday. On its side, Colorado (12-10) is coming off an 8-2 road loss to Tampa Bay on Monday.

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

• Vegas is 12-13-1 all-time against Colorado
• The Golden Knights are 6-4-2 on the road
• The Avs are allowing 3.77 goals per game
• Vegas is averaging 3.86 goals per game
• Colorado is averaging 3.41 goals per game
• The Golden Knights are allowing 3.09 goals per game
• The Avalanche are 6-6 at home

Vegas Golden Knights vs Colorado Avalanche: Preview

Vegas is coming off a comeback 5-4 shootout win over the Flyers on the road on Monday. The Golden Knights are led by Jack Eichel with 34 points, while Ivan Barbashev has 24 points, Mark Stone has 21 and Tomas Hertl has 18.

The Golden Knights will likely start Adin Hill who's 9-4-1 with a 2.99 GAA and a .887 SV%.

Colorado, meanwhile, will likely start Alexandar Georgiev who's 6-5 with a 3.49 GAA and a .871 SV% as goaltending has been a major issue for the Avs.

The Avalanche are led by Nathan MacKinnon with 35 points, followed by Mikko Rantanen with 32, Cale Makar (30) and Casey Mittelstadt (18).

Golden Knights vs Avalanche: Odds & Prediction

Vegas is a +124 underdog while Colorado is a -148 favorite, the over/under is set at 6.5 goals.

Colorado is coming off a terrible loss and a big reason for their struggles has been their goaltending. The Avalanche can't get a stop out of whoever is in net and this is a tough game as Vegas has one of the best offenses in the NHL.

The Golden Knights should be able to cruise to an upset win here as Colorado's defense and goaltending will continue to be an issue.

Prediction: Vegas 5, Colorado 3

Golden Knights vs Avalanche: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Vegas ML (+124)

Tip 2: Over 6.5 goals (-115)