Golden Knights vs. Avalanche Game 1 Prediction, Odds & Stats - May 20, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Vegas Golden Knights 39-26-9-8	0	2	2	+6
Colorado Avalanche 55-16-5-6	0	0	2	+145

Date	Result	Competition
06/14/26	Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) Vegas Golden Knights VEG ( 39-26-9-8 ) 3 - 0	Metropolitan
06/11/26	Vegas Golden Knights VEG ( 39-26-9-8 ) Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) 2 - 4	Pacific
06/09/26	Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) Vegas Golden Knights VEG ( 39-26-9-8 ) 5 - 3	Metropolitan
06/06/26	Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) Vegas Golden Knights VEG ( 39-26-9-8 ) 4 - 5	Metropolitan
06/04/26	Vegas Golden Knights VEG ( 39-26-9-8 ) Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) 3 - 4	Pacific
06/02/26	Vegas Golden Knights VEG ( 39-26-9-8 ) Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) 5 - 4	Pacific
05/26/26	Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) Vegas Golden Knights VEG ( 39-26-9-8 ) 1 - 2	Central
05/24/26	Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) Vegas Golden Knights VEG ( 39-26-9-8 ) 3 - 5	Central
05/22/26	Vegas Golden Knights VEG ( 39-26-9-8 ) Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) 3 - 1	Pacific
05/13/26	Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) 3 - 4	Central
05/11/26	Colorado Avalanche COL ( 55-16-5-6 ) Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) 5 - 2	Central

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Vegas Golden Knights VEG	+1.5 0	0	U+60
Colorado Avalanche COL	-1.5 0	0	O+60

time	fav	spread	money line	total
Opening 21 May 1:43am	VEG	-1.5 +135	-225	O +5.5 -140
Closing 21 May 1:43am	VEG	-1.5 +135	-225	O +5.5 -140

Nathan MacKinnon Center Vegas	127	Points	90	Jack Eichel Center Colorado
Nathan MacKinnon Center Vegas	57	+ / -	26	Mark Stone Right Wing Colorado
Nathan MacKinnon Center Vegas	350	Shots	260	Jack Eichel Center Colorado
Josh Manson Defense Vegas	91	Penalty Mins	89	Jeremy Lauzon Defense Colorado
Scott Wedgewood Goaltender Vegas	31	Wins	16	Akira Schmid Goaltender Colorado
Akira Schmid Goaltender Colorado	2.6	GAA	1.9	Scott Wedgewood Goaltender Vegas

Mitch Marner Right Wing Colorado	29	Points	15	Nathan MacKinnon Center Vegas
Brayden McNabb Defense Colorado	13	+ / -	9	Brent Burns Defense Vegas
Pavel Dorofeyev Right Wing Colorado	58	Shots	47	Nathan MacKinnon Center Vegas
Cole Smith Right Wing Colorado	24	Penalty Mins	16	Ross Colton Center Vegas
Carter Hart Goaltender Colorado	14	Wins	7	Scott Wedgewood Goaltender Vegas
Carter Hart Goaltender Colorado	2.6	GAA	2.5	Scott Wedgewood Goaltender Vegas

Vegas Golden Knights VEG Colorado Avalanche COL

	Stat
47	Games Won	63
30	Games Lost	17
7-0-1-2	Last 10	7-2-1
24-14-3-6	W L Streak	31-9-2-4
35-49	Against The Spread	43-38
-1195	Money	1575
24-14-3-6	Home	31-9-2-4
23-16-6-2	Away	32-8-3-2
39-36-9	Total	34-37-10

date	home-away	ats	o/u	COL:Shots	COL:Goals	COL:Assists	VEG:Shots	VEG:Goals	VEG:Assists
05/26/2026	VEG 2 - COL 1	VEG	Over 0	21	1	2	26	2	4
05/24/2026	VEG 5 - COL 3	VEG	Over 0	35	3	6	23	5	9
05/22/2026	COL 1 - VEG 3	VEG	Over 0	31	1	2	25	3	5
05/20/2026	COL 2 - VEG 4	VEG	Over 0	38	2	3	28	4	7
04/11/2026	COL 2 - VEG 3 (OT)	VEG	Under 6	32	2	3	29	3	4
12/27/2025	VEG 5 - COL 5	VEG	Over 6	39	5	9	25	5	9
10/31/2025	VEG 2 - COL 4	COL	Under 6	26	4	6	23	2	4
10/01/2025	VEG 2 - COL 1	VEG	Under 6	22	1	1	32	2	4
09/30/2025	COL 4 - VEG 2	COL	Under 6	34	4	6	24	2	3
04/08/2025	COL 2 - VEG 2	VEG	Under 6	21	2	1	36	2	4
11/27/2024	COL 1 - VEG 1	VEG	Under 6.5	19	1	2	34	1	0
10/09/2024	VEG 8 - COL 4	VEG	Over 6.5	32	4	8	21	8	15
10/03/2024	VEG 1 - COL 3	COL	Under 6	27	3	4	22	1	2
10/01/2024	COL 1 - VEG 6	VEG	Over 5.5	37	6	12	28	1	2
04/14/2024	VEG 4 - COL 3	VEG	Over 6.5	24	3	6	30	4	8
01/10/2024	COL 3 - VEG 0	COL	Under 6.5	25	0	0	35	3	5
11/04/2023	VEG 7 - COL 0	VEG	Over 6	41	0	0	34	7	11
10/05/2023	VEG 4 - COL 3	VEG	Over 6	34	3	6	26	4	6
09/25/2023	COL 3 - VEG 2	COL	Under 6	14	2	4	23	3	6
02/27/2023	COL 3 - VEG 0	COL	Under 6	31	0	0	34	3	3

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
06/14/2026	VEG 0 - CAR 3	L	Under 6	23	3	3
06/11/2026	CAR 4 - VEG 2	L	Under 6	25	2	4
06/09/2026	VEG 3 - CAR 5	L	Over 6	28	5	7
06/06/2026	VEG 5 - CAR 4	W	Over 5.5	33	4	8
06/04/2026	CAR 4 - VEG 3	L	Over 6	26	3	5
06/02/2026	CAR 4 - VEG 5	W	Over 5.5	23	5	10
05/26/2026	VEG 2 - COL 1	W	Over 0	21	1	2
05/24/2026	VEG 5 - COL 3	W	Over 0	35	3	6
05/22/2026	COL 1 - VEG 3	W	Over 0	25	3	5
05/20/2026	COL 2 - VEG 4	W	Over 0	28	4	7

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/26/2026	VEG 2 - COL 1	L	Over 0	26	2	4
05/24/2026	VEG 5 - COL 3	L	Over 0	23	5	9
05/22/2026	COL 1 - VEG 3	L	Over 0	31	1	2
05/20/2026	COL 2 - VEG 4	L	Over 0	38	2	3
05/13/2026	COL 4 - MIN 3	W	Over 6.5	34	4	8
05/11/2026	MIN 2 - COL 5	W	Over 6.5	21	2	3
05/09/2026	MIN 5 - COL 1	L	Under 6.5	26	5	9
05/05/2026	COL 5 - MIN 2	W	Over 6.5	23	5	10
05/03/2026	COL 9 - MIN 6	W	Over 6	43	9	16
04/26/2026	LA 1 - COL 5	W	Over 5.5	25	1	2

Vegas Golden Knights VEG Colorado Avalanche COL

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
1.6	14	Goals Per Game	5	3.2
2.6	7	Goals Against Per Game	1	1.8
27.3	4	Shots Per Game	22	20.2
22.0	13	Shots Against Per Game	5	20.0
5.8	30	Shooting %	5	15.7
11.7	14	Opponent Shooting %	5	9.2
5.29	5	Shot Differential Per Game	15	0.17
5.8	30	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	5	15.7
.880	5	Save %	2	.910
.940	10	Opponent Save %	4	.880
10.9	14	Penalty Minutes Per Game	8	12.5
0.29	12	Power Play Goals Per Game	13	0.17
0.29	2	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	6	0.5
7.7	23	Power Play %	24	5.3
88.2	4	Penalty Kill %	15	80.0
1.66	20	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	18	1.79

Vegas Golden Knights VEG

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	2.95	12
Shots Against	24.39	2
Penalty Kill (%)	81	7
Shutouts	3	16
Penalty Mins	667	11

Colorado Avalanche COL

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	2.4	1
Shots Against	26.13	5
Penalty Kill (%)	85	1
Shutouts	8	2
Penalty Mins	660	10

Vegas Golden Knights VEG

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.22	14
Shots	28.99	8
Power Play (%)	25	5
Faceoff (%)	51	8
Penalty Mins	609	31

Colorado Avalanche COL

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.63	1
Shots	33.73	1
Power Play (%)	17	27
Faceoff (%)	51	14
Penalty Mins	599	32

Vegas Golden Knights VEG

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Brayden McNabb (D)	Ques Tues	Face - 05 / 06 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Brayden McNabb (D)	Ques Wed	Suspension - 15 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mark Stone (RW)	Ques Sun	Lower Body - 09 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jeremy Lauzon (D)	Out indefinitely	Undisclosed - 04 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Shea Theodore (D)	Ques Tues	Illness - 03 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mitch Marner (RW)	Ques Tues	Illness - 03 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexander Holtz (RW)	Ques Fri	Upper Body - 03 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mark Stone (RW)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 01 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jonas Rondbjerg (RW)	Out indefinitely	Undisclosed - 02 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Cole Reinhardt (LW)	Ques Sat	Illness - 24 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Colorado Avalanche COL

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Valeri Nichushkin (RW)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 25 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nathan MacKinnon (C)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 25 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sam Malinski (D)	Ques Wed	Upper Body - 17 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Brent Burns (D)	Ques Wed	Undisclosed - 16 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Cale Makar (D)	Ques Sun	Undisclosed - 16 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Manson (D)	Ques Wed	Undisclosed - 16 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sam Malinski (D)	Out Wed	Upper Body - 11 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Artturi Lehkonen (LW)	Out Wed	Upper Body - 11 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Manson (D)	Ques Mon	Upper Body - 24 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nathan MacKinnon (C)	Questionable	Undisclosed - 16 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

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Golden Knights are 35-17 in their last 52 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game.

Under is 11-5-1 in Golden Knights last 17 Wednesday games.

Under is 3-1-1 in Golden Knights last 5 games as a favorite.

Under is 9-3-1 in Golden Knights last 13 Conference Finals games.

Golden Knights are 21-8 in their last 29 games as a road favorite of -201 or greater.

Colorado Avalanche COL

Over is 2-0-2 in Avalanche last 4 Wednesday games.

Over is 6-1 in Avalanche last 7 games as a favorite.

Avalanche are 15-40 in their last 55 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 5-1 in Avalanche last 6 games a home underdog.

Over is 5-2 in Avalanche last 7 games as a home favorite of -151 to -200.

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