NHL Prop Bets: Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild (May 3, 2026)
The Minnesota Wild face the Colorado Avalanche in Game 1 of the Western Conference Second Round at Ball Arena. Let's take a look at the NHL Prop Bets for Sunday's matchup. The Avalanche are favored to win at -192. They're currently +140 to cover the -1.5 puck line while the Wild are -166 to cover the +1.5 puck line.
- The Wild have a 44-44 Puck Line record this season (including playoffs), while the Avalanche hold a record of 44-42.
The total goals line is set at 5.5, with OVER at -130 and UNDER at +110.
- The Wild have a 46-36-6 O/U record this season, including playoffs (meaning 46 games have gone over the total points line, 36 have gone under and six have resulted in a push). The Avalanche have a 33-49-4 O/U record.
Goals For Insights
- The Wild averaged 3.27 goals per game during the regular season (T10th in the NHL), while the Avalanche averaged 3.63 (1st). More recently, the Wild are averaging 3.83 goals in these playoffs and the Avalanche have managed 3.25.
- Defensively, the Wild allowed 2.87 goals per game during the regular season (4th in the NHL). Meanwhile, the Avalanche gave up 2.40 (1st). During the playoffs, the Wild have given up 2.50 per contest, while the Avalanche are allowing 1.25.
Shots
- Looking at creating chances to score, the Wild are averaging 30.3 shots per game during the postseason, up 1.2 from their regular season number of 29.2. Alternatively, the Avalanche are allowing 25.3 shots per game throughout these playoffs, an increase of 0.9 from their regular season average of 26.1.
- Flipping that script, the Wild are allowing 31.0 shots per game in the playoffs, down 29.4 from their regular season average. Meanwhile, the Avalanche are recording 30.8 shots per contest during the postseason, which is an increase of 3.0 from their regular season number of 33.7.
Power Play
- The Wild held a power play percentage of 25.2% during the regular season, ranking 3rd in the NHL. During the postseason, they hold a percentage of 16.0%. Comparatively, the Avalanche ranked 27th with 17.1% of their power play opportunities converted into goals in the regular season. In these playoffs they hold a percentage of 9.1%.
Penalty Kill %
- On the opposite end, the Wild had a penalty kill rate of 79.8% during the regular season (16th) and have a kill rate of 60.0% in the postseason. Alternatively, the Avalanche had a penalty kill rate of 84.6% in the regular season (1st) and 81.3% in the playoffs.
P1 Result
Minnesota is +230 to win the first period, while Colorado is +150.
- Here are their first period records in 2025/26 (including playoffs).
| Total | Home | Road | Last 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 32-27-29 | 15-17-12 | 17-10-17 | 4-2-4 |
| Colorado | 36-16-34 | 17-8-18 | 19-8-16 | 4-0-6 |
To Go To Overtime
Sunday's matchup is +285 to go to overtime.
- The Wild have played in 29 games that have gone to overtime this season (including playoffs), while the Avalanche have appeared in 19.
To Go To a Shootout
- The Wild have played in 9 games that have gone to a shootout this season (including playoffs), while the Avalanche have appeared in 10.
Last Time They Met
Colorado recorded a 2-3 overtime victory over Minnesota at Ball Arena when these teams last met on March 8. Nathan MacKinnon led the way to that result, scoring 1 goal.
