Venue & Match Details
Stadium: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado (capacity ~18,000)
Puckdrop: 9:30 PM ET / 7:30 PM MT
Broadcast: TNT (national), ESPN+ (streaming)
Injury Report
Tampa Bay Lightning: No major injuries reported; Andrei Vasilevskiy expected to start in net.
Colorado Avalanche: No significant injuries listed.
Player Matchups
Nathan MacKinnon (COL): 19 points (10G, 9A) in 13 games; centerpiece of Avs’ attack.
Cale Makar (COL): 18 points (4G, 14A); elite puck-moving defenseman.
Martin Nečas (COL): 17 points (9G, 8A); adds secondary scoring punch.
Anthony Cirelli (TBL): 11 points (7G, 4A); leading Lightning scorer.
Jake Guentzel (TBL): 10 points (5G, 5A) in last 10 games.
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL): Career 334–166–37, 2.52 GAA, .917 SV%.
Team Form
Tampa Bay Lightning:
Last 5: W–W–W–W–W (beat Utah 4–2 on Nov. 2)
Goals For: 35 (2.9 per game, 22nd NHL)
Goals Against: 33 (2.8 per game, 8th NHL)
Power Play: 14.6% (bottom-third)
Penalty Kill: 90% (elite)
Colorado Avalanche:
Last 5: L–W–W–L–L (lost 3–2 OT to San Jose on Nov. 1)
Goals For: 47 (3.6 per game, 1st NHL)
Goals Against: 33 (2.5 per game, 8th NHL)
Power Play: 16.3% (23rd NHL)
Penalty Kill: 82%
Series History
Last season: Teams split 2–2.
Last 10 meetings: Evenly matched, 5–5.
At Denver: Avalanche have won 3 of last 4.
Betting Trends
Avalanche: 5–1–4 in last 10, averaging 3.7 goals per game.
Lightning: 6–2–2 in last 10, allowing just 2.3 goals per game.
Over has hit in 6 of 13 Colorado games and 6 of 12 Tampa Bay games.
Tampa Bay: 5-game win streak, outscoring opponents 17–9.
Colorado: undefeated in regulation at home (3–0–2).
Projected Score: Colorado 4 – Tampa Bay 3
Game Odds
Tampa Bay Lightning 6.5
Colorado Avalanche – 148
Odds Courtesy of Sports Odds Direct as of Monday, November 3, 2025
