Avalanche vs Wild Prediction 5/5/26 NHL Picks Today

The Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche meet Tuesday in NHL Game 2 at the Ball Arena. Here’s an Avalanche vs. Wild Prediction. This article will include an Avalanche vs. Wild Pick.

Minnesota Wild Betting Preview

The Minnesota Wild need a win to even up the series at 1-1. The Wild have won 5 of their last 8 games.

The Minnesota Wild are averaging 4.14 goals per game and are scoring 14.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Matt Boldy leads Minnesota with 6 goals, Quinn Hughes has 8 assists and Joel Eriksson Ek has 24 shots on goal. Defensively, the Minnesota Wild are allowing 3.43 goals per game and are killing 59.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jesper Wallstedt has allowed 22 goals on 227 shots faced.

Colorado Avalanche Betting Preview

The Colorado Avalanche have a chance to take a quick 2-0 series lead. The Avalanche have won 8 straight games.

The Colorado Avalanche are averaging 4.4 goals per game and are scoring on 15.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Cale Makar leads Colorado with 4 goals, Devon Toews has 5 assists, and Nathan MacKinnon has 16 shots on goal. Defensively, the Colorado Avalanche are allowing 2.2 goals per game and are killing 84.2 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Scott Wedgewood has given up 11 goals on 137 shots faced.

Why the Colorado Avalanche will win

• The Avalanche have won each of their last eight games.
• The Wild have lost each of their last six night games at Ball Arena following a road loss.
• The Wild have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last six night games at Ball Arena following a road loss.
• The Avalanche have covered the puck line in four of their last five night games.
• The Wild have lost the third period in each of their last five night games at Ball Arena following a road loss.

Why the Minnesota Wild will win

• The Avalanche have lost three of their last four games as home favorites against Central Division opponents.
• The Wild have won three of their last four games as underdogs following a road loss.
• The Avalanche have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last seven home games following a home win.
• The Wild have covered the puck line in five of their last six games at Ball Arena against opponents on a winning streak.
• The road team has won the second period in each of the Wild’s last four games.

Total Goals Facts

• Seven of the Wild’s last eight night games against opponents on a winning streak have gone OVER the total goals line.
• Seven of the Avalanche’s last eight games against the Wild following a home win have gone UNDER the total goals line.
• Five of the last six games between teams from the same division have gone UNDER the total goals line.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 3’ market has hit in each of the Wild’s last 13 games as road underdogs.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 1’ market has hit in six of the Avalanche’s last seven games against Central Division opponents.

Colorado Avalanche Player Prop Facts

• Gabriel Landeskog has recorded at least one assist in each of his last six home appearances against the Wild.
• Nathan MacKinnon has scored at least one goal in seven of the Avalanche’s last eight playoff games against Central Division opponents.
• Nathan MacKinnon ranks 1st in the league for Goals (53) this season.

Minnesota Wild Player Prop Facts

• Mats Zuccarello has scored a goal in each of the Wild’s last three night games at Ball Arena.
• Quinn Hughes has recorded at least one assist in each of his last 10 appearances with the Wild as underdogs.
• Quinn Hughes ranks 1st in the league for average time on ice (27:44) this season.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Colorado Avalanche rank 1st in the league for goals per game this season (3.63).
• The Colorado Avalanche rank 1st in the league for goals against per game this season (2.40).
• The Minnesota Wild rank 3rd in the league in power play percentage this season (25.19%).
• The Minnesota Wild rank 4th in the league for goals against per game this season (2.87).

Avalanche vs Wild Injury Report

The Wild will be without Jonas Brodin. Joel Eriksson Ek is questionable.

Josh Manson and Joel Kiviranta are questionable for the Avalanche.

Avalanche vs Wild Prediction

The Wild and the plus money are worth a look given how consistent they’ve been across the board this season. However, I’m looking at the over. We saw 15 goals in game 1, and the over is 5-1-1 in the Wild’s last 7 games overall. The Wild are getting cooked on the power play throughout the playoffs. Also, 6 of the last 10 games between the Avs and Wild have produced at least 6 goals.

The Avalanche are averaging 6 goals in their last 3 games. There’s just not enough here that suggests these offenses are going to slow down. I don’t expect 15 goals, but there will be offense. Give me the over.