Colorado Avalanche vs Dallas Stars Prediction, Picks & Odds | 13 Oct 2026

By Paul Boucher, Senior NHL Analyst | Published: 1 hour ago | 6 min read

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Colorado Avalanche vs Dallas Stars Predictions

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Avalanche Moneyline @ -111

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We’re Confident Avs Can Seal the Win

It’s time to side with the Avalanche to record a victory over the Stars. The road team should have the upper hand and the -111 for our Moneyline prediction looks a generous price.

Our Avalanche vs Stars picks feature our Best Bet, Same Game Parlay and Correct Score Prediction. Scroll down to see the full breakdown and reasoning behind each wager.

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Colorado Avalanche vs Dallas Stars Preview

The Colorado Avalanche go up against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center, with face-off scheduled for 20:30 on Tuesday, October 13.

Colorado Avalanche lost their previous game, being beaten at home to Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 at Ball Arena. Nathan MacKinnon registered two goals, with Brock Nelson scoring one.

Dallas Stars were beaten last game and this was on the road at PPG PAINTS Arena. Pittsburgh Penguins claimed a 2-1 (SO) win. Tyler Seguin was the only goal scorer, while Jake Oettinger recorded 19 saves (.950).

H2H: Avs Won 2-0 in Teams’ Last Encounter

It was the Avs who came out on top when they last played the Stars. At American Airlines Center, a 2-0 win was recorded. In the past 10 H2H meetings, the Stars have won six.

Starting Goalies

Mackenzie Blackwood (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
26/27	2-2-0	3.3	.867	0
25/26	24-11-2	2.5	.903	3

Jake Oettinger (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
26/27	2-1-1	0.7	.963	2
25/26	37-16-6	2.6	.899	4

Colorado Avalanche – Last 10 Games

4 wins and 6 losses, averaging 3.7 goals from 32.1 shots on goal, with a 14.7% powerplay efficiency. The Avs have given up 3.4 goals from 25.0 shots, averaging 3.1 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 87.1%.

Nathan MacKinnon is the top points scorer with 13 points, 6 goals and 7 assists, with Devon Toews recording 9 points, 2 goals and 7 assists, over the past 10 games. Goalie Mackenzie Blackwood have a 3.44 goal against average with a .869 save percentage.

Dallas Stars – Last 10 Games

The Stars have 4 wins, 4 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 2.5 goals from 28.2 shots on goal, with a 24.4% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 2.4 goals from 26.3 shots, averaging 4.4 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 90.9%.

The top points scorer is Mikko Rantanen with 13 points, 3 goals and 10 assists, while Jason Robertson is next best after having 11 points, 6 goals and 5 assists. Goalie Jake Oettinger have a 1.74 GAA with a .927 SV%, including two shutouts.

Best Bet

We’re keeping our pick nice and simple by heading to the Moneyline. Take the -111 that Avalanche are able to secure a victory in this NHL clash.

Key stats supporting our main match prediction:

Avalanche have won 15 of their last 20 games on the road.
Avalanche have won 6 of their last 10 games on the road.
Stars have lost 6 of their last 10 games.
Stars have lost 3 of their last 5 games.

Incoming team news often impacts the NHL betting lines in significant ways. Our handicappers factor this in alongside recent form, while key stats are also carefully weighed to strengthen each hockey prediction.

Avs Moneyline Probability

According to the top sportsbooks, our pick has a 52.6% chance of winning. However, our analysts think that the probability sits between 55-60% taking all factors into consideration. This hockey bet can therefore be backed with confidence.

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Same Game Parlay Pick

Moneyline Avalanche

Totals Over 5.5

Highest Scoring Period Third Period

We’ve got a same game parlay with three options: the Avalanche on the moneyline, Over 5.5 and the third period to feature the most goals.

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Correct Score Prediction

Avalanche

5 - 3 Stars logo

Stars

A potentially entertaining bet is going for the Avalanche to win by a 5-3 scoreline. At odds of +2200, there’s the chance to get a handsome return should this wager win.

Latest Correct Score Odds

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1-0

2-0

2-1

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Colorado Avalanche vs Dallas Stars Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Latest Moneyline Odds Suggest a Tight Affair

The latest Moneyline odds are -108 that Dallas Stars win, while Colorado Avalanche have been chalked up at -111. The sportsbooks give the home team a 52% chance of winning this game.

The puck line is 1.5, with the total goals line at 5.5. A wager on Totals allows bettors to use the latest data to good effect. There’s an opportunity to bet Over 5.5 at -133.

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Last 5 Games

Avalanche

NHL: 11/10 Maple Leafs6 Avalanche 3
NHL: 09/10 Avalanche7 Flames 3
NHL: 08/10 Avalanche2 Jets 3
NHL: 04/10 Blues1 Avalanche 6
NHL: 01/10 Kings4 Avalanche 8

Stars

NHL: 11/10 Stars1 Penguins 2
NHL: 09/10 Stars4 Sabres 0
NHL: 06/10 Sharks0 Stars 5
NHL: 04/10 Stars1 Predators 2
NHL: 03/10 Blues4 Stars 0

Head to Head

Colorado vs Dallas

NHL: 04/04 2026 Avalanche 2 Stars 0
NHL: 19/03 2026 Stars 2 Avalanche 1
NHL: 07/03 2026 Avalanche 5 Stars 4
NHL: 12/10 2025 Stars 5 Avalanche 4
NHL: 04/05 2025 Avalanche 2 Stars 4
NHL: 02/05 2025 Stars 4 Avalanche 7
NHL: 29/04 2025 Avalanche 2 Stars 6
NHL: 27/04 2025 Stars 0 Avalanche 4
NHL: 24/04 2025 Stars 2 Avalanche 1
NHL: 22/04 2025 Avalanche 3 Stars 4

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Colorado Avalanche Stats

Dallas Stars Stats

Moneyline

4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games
6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games
6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 3 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 5 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 7.10 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 5.80 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 5.5: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 on the Road: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.70 goals and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.30 pts and allowed 2.50 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.00 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 5.10 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 at Home: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.50 goals and allowed 2.50 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 2.60 goals and allowed 2.50 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 32.1
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.1
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 7.6
Blocks: 17.6
Faceoff Wins : 30.8
Hits: 22.9
Giveaways: 15.5
Takeaways: 4.8

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 31.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 3.5
Empty Net Goals: 0.5
Penalty Minutes: 8.1
Blocks: 16.2
Faceoff Wins : 31.4
Hits: 20.8
Giveaways: 16.7
Takeaways: 4.2

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 1
Shots: 28.2
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 9.3
Blocks: 15.8
Faceoff Wins : 30.6
Hits: 24.3
Giveaways: 13.8
Takeaways: 3.2

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 23.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 5.1
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 12.1
Blocks: 14
Faceoff Wins : 26.5
Hits: 20.6
Giveaways: 14
Takeaways: 3.8

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Colorado Avalanche Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
29	Nathan MacKinnon	5	19.76	5	5	10	1
8	Cale Makar	5	21.5	3	4	7	2
71	Jaden Schwartz	5	12.96	3	3	6	2

17	Parker Kelly	5	12.9	1	4	5	2
11	Brock Nelson	5	17.12	2	3	5	-1
7	Devon Toews	5	19.68	2	3	5	6
88	Martin Necas	5	20.1	2	3	5	1
62	Artturi Lehkonen	5	18.78	3	1	4	4
27	Brett Kulak	5	18.08	0	4	4	0
84	Brent Burns	5	16.34	0	3	3	-2
9	Fyodor Svechkov	5	13.34	1	2	3	5
10	Nicolas Roy	5	12.06	2	1	3	1
91	Nazem Kadri	5	18.52	0	3	3	3
42	Josh Manson	5	16.88	1	2	3	5
92	Gabriel Landeskog	5	15.94	1	1	2	-2
13	T.J. Hughes	5	15.18	0	1	1	1
47	Noah Juulsen	3	12.93	0	1	1	2
68	Zachary L'Heureux	3	9.1	0	1	1	-1
70	Sam Malinski	4	16.78	0	0	0	5

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
39	Mackenzie Blackwood	4	3.3	0.867
41	Scott Wedgewood	1	3	0.897

Dallas Stars Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
96	Mikko Rantanen	5	20.46	2	4	6	4
53	Wyatt Johnston	5	19.98	0	4	4	2
21	Jason Robertson	5	18.52	2	2	4	2

4	Miro Heiskanen	5	24.4	2	1	3	3
24	Roope Hintz	5	16.84	1	2	3	3
14	Jamie Benn	5	12.18	1	1	2	1
18	Sam Steel	5	15.26	1	1	2	2
55	Thomas Harley	5	23.52	0	1	1	3
5	Nils Lundkvist	5	17.26	0	1	1	2
22	Joel Kiviranta	2	10.45	1	0	1	1
12	Radek Faksa	5	11.14	0	1	1	1
91	Tyler Seguin	5	14.58	1	0	1	-2
57	Tyler Myers	5	15.04	0	0	0	0
10	Oskar Baeck	5	12.32	0	1	0	1
23	Esa Lindell	5	19.82	0	0	0	4
6	Lian Bichsel	5	16.42	0	0	0	-2
25	Arttu Hyry	5	14.12	0	0	0	-1
49	Justin Hryckowian	5	14.84	0	0	0	0
15	Colin Blackwell	3	10.1	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
29	Jake Oettinger	4	0.74	0.964
1	Casey DeSmith	1	2.05	0.923

Injuries & Suspensions

Colorado Avalanche Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Logan O'Connor

Injured

Dallas Stars Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Matt Duchene

Injured

Joel Kiviranta

Injured

Radek Faksa

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Colorado Avalanche Lineups

10 Oct NHL

Maple Leafs 6-3 Avalanche

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	7	5	1	1	11	0.786	4	5	27	17	10	1-1-1	4-0-0	0-0	5-2	5W
2 NY Rangers	7	5	2	0	10	0.714	5	5	23	13	10	4-0-0	1-2-0	0-0	5-2	1W
3 Pittsburgh	6	3	2	1	7	0.583	1	2	22	17	5	2-1-0	1-1-1	1-1	3-3	1W
4 Washington	5	3	2	0	6	0.6	3	3	17	14	3	2-1-0	1-1-0	0-0	3-2	1L
5 Columbus	4	2	2	0	4	0.5	1	1	13	14	-1	2-1-0	0-1-0	1-0	2-2	1L
6 NY Islanders	5	2	3	0	4	0.4	2	2	16	13	3	2-1-0	0-2-0	0-0	2-3	1L
7 New Jersey	5	2	3	0	4	0.4	1	2	11	18	-7	2-2-0	0-1-0	0-0	2-3	1L
8 Philadelphia	7	0	5	2	2	0.143	0	0	8	28	-20	0-2-1	0-3-1	0-0	0-7	7L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Ottawa	6	5	1	0	10	0.833	4	4	19	12	7	2-0-0	3-1-0	1-0	5-1	3W
2 Tampa Bay	5	4	1	0	8	0.8	4	4	16	12	4	3-0-0	1-1-0	0-0	4-1	4W
3 Boston	6	4	2	0	8	0.667	3	4	20	13	7	3-1-0	1-1-0	0-0	4-2	2W
4 Toronto	6	3	2	1	7	0.583	2	3	20	18	2	2-2-0	1-0-1	0-1	3-3	1W
5 Buffalo	6	3	3	0	6	0.5	2	3	16	22	-6	3-2-0	0-1-0	0-0	3-3	1W
6 Florida	6	2	2	2	6	0.5	1	2	12	17	-5	0-1-0	2-1-2	0-0	2-4	2L
7 Montreal	5	2	2	1	5	0.5	1	1	15	19	-4	1-2-0	1-0-1	1-0	2-3	1W
8 Detroit	5	1	3	1	3	0.3	1	1	10	15	-5	1-3-0	0-0-1	0-1	1-4	2L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Minnesota	6	4	1	1	9	0.75	4	4	19	11	8	2-0-0	2-1-1	0-0	4-2	2W
2 Utah	6	4	2	0	8	0.667	4	4	22	15	7	1-0-0	3-2-0	0-0	4-2	1W
3 Winnipeg	5	3	1	1	7	0.7	3	3	13	15	-2	1-1-1	2-0-0	0-0	3-2	1L
4 Colorado	5	3	2	0	6	0.6	3	3	26	17	9	2-1-0	1-1-0	0-0	3-2	1L
5 Nashville	5	2	1	2	6	0.6	2	2	14	14	0	1-1-0	1-0-2	0-1	2-3	1L
6 Dallas	5	2	2	1	5	0.5	2	2	11	8	3	1-1-0	1-1-1	0-1	2-3	1L
7 St Louis	5	2	2	1	5	0.5	2	2	14	16	-2	1-0-1	1-2-0	0-0	2-3	1W
8 Chicago	6	1	5	0	2	0.167	1	1	12	26	-14	1-1-0	0-4-0	0-0	1-5	2L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	7	5	2	0	10	0.714	3	4	25	18	7	3-1-0	2-1-0	1-0	5-2	1L
2 Edmonton	5	4	0	1	9	0.9	4	4	25	17	8	1-0-1	3-0-0	0-0	4-1	4W
3 Anaheim	5	4	1	0	8	0.8	3	4	18	13	5	1-1-0	3-0-0	0-0	4-1	2W
4 Seattle	6	4	2	0	8	0.667	4	4	26	17	9	1-1-0	3-1-0	0-0	4-2	2W
5 San Jose	5	3	2	0	6	0.6	0	3	13	17	-4	2-1-0	1-1-0	0-0	3-2	1L
6 Vancouver	7	2	5	0	4	0.286	1	2	24	35	-11	1-2-0	1-3-0	0-0	2-5	4L
7 LA Kings	4	0	2	2	2	0.25	0	0	10	17	-7	0-1-0	0-1-2	0-0	0-4	4L
8 Calgary	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	8	27	-19	0-3-0	0-2-0	0-0	0-5	5L