NHL Betting Preview: Avalanche vs Kings

The Colorado Avalanche square off against the Los Angeles Kings in this NHL matchup at Crypto.com Arena, with face-off scheduled for 22:30 on Tuesday, October 7. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

A High-Scoring Game On the Cards?

When the Avalanche and the Kings meet, we’re confidently predicting Over 5.5 will happen. The -133 that this outcome happens looks really attractive.

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Kings 5-4 Winners When Teams Last Met

Colorado Avalanche's 2024/25 season ended in disappointment as they were eliminated by the Dallas Stars in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, losing the series 4–3. In the decisive Game 7, the Avs suffered a 4–2 road defeat at American Airlines Center, with Nathan MacKinnon and Josh Manson providing the goals.

The Los Angeles Kings were also knocked out in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, falling 4–2 in the series to the Edmonton Oilers. In Game 6, the Kings suffered a 6–4 road defeat at Rogers Place, with the Oilers sealing the series. Los Angeles saw goals from four different players, including captain Anze Kopitar.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Kings had the edge in the most recent encounter between these teams. At Crypto.com Arena, they recorded a 5-4 win over the Avs. In the past 10 H2H meetings, the Avs have won six.

Starting Goalies

Scott Wedgewood (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	13-1-2	2.1	.918	1
23/24	16-7-5	2.85	.899	0

Darcy Kuemper (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	8-4-4	2.3	.910	1
23/24	13-14-3	3.31	.890	1

Colorado Avalanche – Last 10 Games

4 wins, 4 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 3.3 goals from 32.4 shots on goal, with a 13.9% powerplay efficiency. The Avs have given up 3.2 goals from 27.0 shots, averaging 3.8 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 79.0%.

Nathan MacKinnon is the top points scorer with 11 points, 7 goals and 4 assists, with Logan O'Connor racking up 7 points, 2 goals and 5 assists, in the last 10 games. Goalie Mackenzie Blackwood have a 3.02 goal against average with a .887 save percentage, including one shutout.

Los Angeles Kings – Last 10 Games

The Kings have 5 wins, 4 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 4.1 goals from 30.3 shots on goal, with a 28.9% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 4.1 goals from 32.1 shots, averaging 3.1 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 71.0%.

The top points scorer is Adrian Kempe with 16 points, 6 goals and 10 assists, while Kevin Fiala is next best after registering 13 points, 6 goals and 7 assists. Goalie Darcy Kuemper have a 3.39 GAA with a .892 SV%.

Colorado Avalanche vs Los Angeles Kings Prediction & Picks

Get the edge with our Colorado Avalanche vs Los Angeles Kings betting tips: a trusted match prediction, likely correct score outcome, key player prop picks and an expert-crafted bet builder.

Game Prediction

The teams should combine to light the lamp six times or more and that leads us to back the Overs. The -133 looks too good to miss as a betting selection for this NHL clash.

We only make our hockey predictions after confirming the latest team news. Studying recent form and digging into the most relevant NHL stats also helps us build a complete picture.

Key Avalanche vs Kings stats:

The 5.5 line has been covered in the last 8 Avalanche games on the road.
The 5.5 line has been covered in 9 of the last 10 Avalanche games on the road.
The 5.5 line has been covered in 14 of the last 20 Avalanche games on the road.
The 5.5 line has been covered in 8 of the last 10 Kings games.
The 5.5 line has been covered in 4 of the last 5 Kings games.

Over 5.5 Probability

According to the top betting sites, there’s a 57.1% chance of our pick landing a return. Taking all factors into consideration, our cappers think there’s a stronger chance of success and have a probability interval between 60-65%. This hockey bet can therefore be backed with confidence.

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Our Game Prediction

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Kevin Fiala Over 2.5 Shots -130

Kevin Fiala (Kings) has had Over 2.5 shots on goal in 8 of the past 10 games. He should be capable of covering the line when it comes to this player prop and odds of -130 are now available.

Same Game Parlay Picks

Totals Over 5.5

To Score Nathan MacKinnon

Shots on Goal Kevin Fiala Over 2.5

We’ve compiled a same game parlay that includes Over 5.5 goals followed by Nathan MacKinnon (Avalanche) scoring and Kevin Fiala (Kings) to have Over 2.5 shots.

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Correct Score Prediction

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You can secure odds of +2400 that the Kings are able to land a 5-3 victory. Correct score betting can provide plenty of fun and it’s a way of landing bigger odds.

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Colorado Avalanche vs Los Angeles Kings Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Books Anticipating a Tight Affair

The Moneyline odds about Los Angeles Kings triumphing is priced at -102 and you can get Colorado Avalanche at -118. This means the top sportsbooks give the road team a 54% chance of winning.

The puck line is 1.5, with the total goals line at 5.5. A Totals wager is always available and can often provide value selections. If you fancy Over 5.5, this outcome can be backed at -130.

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Player Props & Micro Betting

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Last 5 Games

Avalanche

NHL Playoffs: 04/05 Avalanche2 Stars 4
NHL Playoffs: 02/05 Stars4 Avalanche 7
NHL Playoffs: 29/04 Avalanche2 Stars 6
NHL Playoffs: 27/04 Stars0 Avalanche 4
NHL Playoffs: 24/04 Stars2 Avalanche 1

Kings

NHL Playoffs: 02/05 Kings4 Oilers 6
NHL Playoffs: 30/04 Oilers3 Kings 1
NHL Playoffs: 28/04 Kings3 Oilers 4
NHL Playoffs: 26/04 Kings4 Oilers 7
NHL Playoffs: 24/04 Oilers2 Kings 6

Head to Head

Colorado vs LA Kings

NHL: 12/04 2025 Avalanche 4 Kings 5
NHL: 28/03 2025 Kings 0 Avalanche 4
NHL: 14/11 2024 Kings 2 Avalanche 4
NHL: 27/01 2024 Kings 1 Avalanche 5
NHL: 04/12 2023 Avalanche 1 Kings 4
NHL: 12/10 2023 Avalanche 5 Kings 2
NHL: 09/04 2023 Avalanche 4 Kings 3
NHL: 10/03 2023 Kings 5 Avalanche 2
NHL: 30/12 2022 Kings 5 Avalanche 4
NHL: 14/04 2022 Kings 3 Avalanche 9

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Colorado Avalanche Stats

Los Angeles Kings Stats

Moneyline

4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games
5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 8 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 5 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.50 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 7.50 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 9 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.30 goals and allowed 3.20 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.90 pts and allowed 3.60 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 8.20 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.50 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 8 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 at Home: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 4.10 goals and allowed 4.10 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 4.10 goals and allowed 2.40 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 32.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 3.8
Empty Net Goals: 0.4
Penalty Minutes: 9.5
Blocks: 17.2
Faceoff Wins : 30.3
Hits: 33.4
Giveaways: 15.1
Takeaways: 5.5

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 30.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 10.3
Blocks: 16.8
Faceoff Wins : 30.4
Hits: 27.2
Giveaways: 14.5
Takeaways: 5.9

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.3
Shots: 30.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.1
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 6.2
Blocks: 14.8
Faceoff Wins : 30.6
Hits: 31.6
Giveaways: 12.7
Takeaways: 3

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.3
Shots: 29
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 5.2
Blocks: 11.5
Faceoff Wins : 31.1
Hits: 24.8
Giveaways: 15.1
Takeaways: 3.5

Team News

Injuries & Suspensions

Colorado Avalanche Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Mackenzie Blackwood

Injured

Logan O'Connor

Injured

Los Angeles Kings Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Corey Perry

Injured

Kyle Burroughs

Injured

Starting Lineups

Line 1

Los Angeles Kings

Colorado Avalanche

35

Darcy Kuemper

44

Mikey Anderson

8

Drew Doughty

96

Andrei Kuzmenko

11

Anze Kopitar

9

Adrian Kempe

88

Martin Necas

29

Nathan MacKinnon

62

Artturi Lehkonen

8

Cale Makar

7

Devon Toews

41

Scott Wedgewood

Line 2

Los Angeles Kings

Colorado Avalanche

35

Darcy Kuemper

6

Joel Edmundson

92

Brandt Clarke

22

Kevin Fiala

55

Quinton Byfield

14

Alex Laferriere

13

Valeri Nichushkin

11

Brock Nelson

92

Gabriel Landeskog

42

Josh Manson

49

Samuel Girard

41

Scott Wedgewood

Line 3

Los Angeles Kings

Colorado Avalanche

35

Darcy Kuemper

2

Brian Dumoulin

5

Cody Ceci

37

Warren Foegele

24

Phillip Danault

12

Trevor Moore

95

Victor Olofsson

18

Jack Drury

20

Ross Colton

84

Brent Burns

70

Sam Malinski

41

Scott Wedgewood

Line 4

Los Angeles Kings

Colorado Avalanche

35

Darcy Kuemper

39

Jeff Malott

15

Alex Turcotte

40

Joel Armia

54

Gavin Brindley

17

Parker Kelly

94

Joel Kiviranta

41

Scott Wedgewood

Previous Colorado Avalanche Lineups

03 May NHL Playoffs

Avalanche 2-4 Stars

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	22	14	6	2	30	0.682	10	13	78	65	13	6-2-1	8-4-1	1-1	6-4	1L
2 New Jersey	22	14	7	1	29	0.659	9	12	69	67	2	8-0-1	6-7-0	2-0	5-5	1W
3 NY Islanders	23	13	8	2	28	0.609	9	12	71	66	5	5-4-1	8-4-1	1-2	7-3	1W
4 Washington	23	12	9	2	26	0.565	11	12	76	63	13	7-5-1	5-4-1	0-2	5-5	1W
5 Pittsburgh	21	10	6	5	25	0.595	10	10	64	58	6	5-3-2	5-3-3	0-3	3-7	2L
6 Philadelphia	21	11	7	3	25	0.595	5	7	60	59	1	8-3-2	3-4-1	4-0	5-5	1L
7 Columbus	23	11	9	3	25	0.543	6	8	69	76	-7	5-3-1	6-6-2	3-1	4-6	2L
8 NY Rangers	24	11	11	2	24	0.5	8	10	61	63	-2	2-7-1	9-4-1	1-0	5-5	1W

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Tampa Bay	22	13	7	2	28	0.636	10	13	69	60	9	7-5-0	6-2-2	0-0	7-3	4W
2 Detroit	23	13	9	1	27	0.587	9	11	69	74	-5	8-4-1	5-5-0	2-0	4-6	1L
3 Ottawa	22	11	7	4	26	0.591	8	9	71	71	0	6-3-2	5-4-2	2-0	5-5	1L
4 Boston	24	13	11	0	26	0.542	8	12	75	77	-2	8-4-0	5-7-0	1-0	6-4	1L
5 Montreal	21	11	7	3	25	0.595	6	11	72	76	-4	6-5-1	5-2-2	0-2	3-7	1W
6 Florida	22	12	9	1	25	0.568	11	11	70	68	2	8-3-1	4-6-0	1-1	6-4	1W
7 Buffalo	22	9	9	4	22	0.5	7	8	71	75	-4	8-4-2	1-5-2	1-0	4-6	2W
8 Toronto	22	9	10	3	21	0.477	6	9	74	82	-8	8-4-3	1-6-0	0-0	3-7	2L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	22	16	1	5	37	0.841	15	16	88	50	38	8-0-2	8-1-3	0-2	9-1	9W
2 Dallas	23	14	5	4	32	0.696	11	12	80	65	15	6-4-1	8-1-3	2-2	7-3	1W
3 Minnesota	23	12	7	4	28	0.609	8	10	68	64	4	7-3-3	5-4-1	2-0	8-2	5W
4 Utah	23	12	8	3	27	0.587	9	12	71	68	3	7-2-1	5-6-2	0-0	3-7	2W
5 Winnipeg	21	12	9	0	24	0.571	10	11	67	59	8	6-5-0	6-4-0	1-0	4-6	2L
6 Chicago	22	10	8	4	24	0.545	9	10	69	62	7	5-4-2	5-4-2	0-1	5-5	3L
7 St Louis	23	7	10	6	20	0.435	7	7	61	85	-24	3-5-4	4-5-2	0-2	3-7	1L
8 Nashville	22	6	12	4	16	0.364	4	5	52	81	-29	5-7-2	1-5-2	1-0	2-8	3L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	22	14	7	1	29	0.659	9	13	80	69	11	8-2-0	6-5-1	1-0	6-4	1W
2 Seattle	22	11	5	6	28	0.636	7	11	57	59	-2	6-1-3	5-4-3	0-3	5-5	1L
3 LA Kings	23	11	6	6	28	0.609	7	10	62	64	-2	2-4-3	9-2-3	1-4	6-4	1W
4 Vegas	22	10	5	7	27	0.614	9	10	68	65	3	5-3-3	5-2-4	0-1	3-7	2L
5 San Jose	23	11	9	3	25	0.543	5	10	68	72	-4	7-4-3	4-5-0	1-1	7-3	1W
6 Edmonton	25	10	10	5	25	0.5	5	10	77	95	-18	5-2-2	5-8-3	0-2	4-6	1L
7 Vancouver	23	9	12	2	20	0.435	5	7	71	86	-15	3-7-1	6-5-1	2-0	3-7	3L
8 Calgary	24	8	13	3	19	0.396	6	6	59	73	-14	4-4-2	4-9-1	2-2	5-5	3W

Colorado Avalanche

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NHL Betting Preview: Avalanche vs Kings

Head-to-Head Statistics

Starting Goalies

Colorado Avalanche vs Los Angeles Kings Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Over 5.5 Probability

Player Prop Picks

Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

Colorado Avalanche vs Los Angeles Kings Odds

Head to Head

Injuries & Suspensions

Colorado Avalanche Injury Table

Los Angeles Kings Injury Table

Starting Lineups

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Los Angeles Kings

Colorado Avalanche

Los Angeles Kings

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