Colorado Avalanche vs Columbus Blue Jackets Final — November 3, 2026
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Goalie status from the G&W goalie tracker (Confirmed, Expected, Likely or Not confirmed); teams confirm starters close to puck drop. Season lines come from the NHL Lab goalie tables. GSAx = goals saved above expected (Gridiron & Wine expected goals). HD Sv% = save rate on high-danger shots.
2026-27 regular season to date, captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (32 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
2026-27 regular season, public NHL Lab tables; ranks out of 32 teams. Expected goals are Gridiron & Wine's own expected-goals numbers.
2026-27 regular season. Rates are per 60 minutes of power-play or penalty-kill time.
Regular-season results this season, oldest to newest (OTL = overtime or shootout loss). Records are season to date, with home and road splits. Over–under uses the consensus closing total.
Distance is a straight-line estimate from the arena of each team's previous game, not the team's actual itinerary; time-zone change is at game time. Days of rest are full days off since each team's previous game this season (0 = back-to-back); preseason games do not count. Schedule facts only: no fatigue adjustment is applied.
No key players listed.
Injury report as of November 3, 10:10 a.m. ET: no key players listed for either team.
The pre-game matchup
The Avalanche (9-5-1) visited the Blue Jackets (5-7-0) on Tuesday, November 3 at 7:10 PM ET.
The Avalanche score 4.27 goals per game (1st of 32) and allow 3.07 (12th). The Blue Jackets score 2.42 goals per game (29th of 32) and allow 3.25 (17th). The Avalanche earn 63.3% of available standings points (8th) and the Blue Jackets 41.7% (27th).
Expected-goals share (5-on-5), the share of 5-on-5 expected goals created: Avalanche 51.0% (14th), Blue Jackets 46.8% (24th). Shot-attempt share (5-on-5), the share of all 5-on-5 shot attempts: Avalanche 52.3% (11th), Blue Jackets 48.9% (20th). High-danger chance share, the share of 5-on-5 high-danger chances: Avalanche 46.9% (20th), Blue Jackets 34.1% (30th).
The total closed 6.5, unchanged from the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Avalanche -125, Blue Jackets +105) prices the Avalanche at 53% and the Blue Jackets at 47%.
Written from the numbers available before kickoff.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Colorado Avalanche 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 7
Columbus Blue Jackets won by 5.
- Against the closing spread (Columbus Blue Jackets +1.5): Columbus Blue Jackets covered.
- Combined score 9 vs the closing total of 6.5: Over.
- Columbus Blue Jackets closed at +105 on the moneyline (a 47% no-vig market-implied chance).
Actual result
Columbus Blue Jackets 7
Before the game: market and G&W
From open to close the market moved 1 point toward Columbus Blue Jackets.
Market numbers are the consensus moneyline with the bookmaker margin removed.
Win probability
Each team's chance of winning through the game, starting from the market's closing price (Colorado Avalanche 53%, Columbus Blue Jackets 47%) and moving with every goal, penalty and the clock until the final.
Biggest swings
- 1st 0:28 — Columbus Blue Jackets goal (0-1)Columbus Blue Jackets 47% → 62% (+15 pts)
- 1st 10:57 — Colorado Avalanche goal (1-2)Colorado Avalanche 22% → 37% (+14 pts)
- 2nd 4:19 — Columbus Blue Jackets goal (1-3)Columbus Blue Jackets 67% → 82% (+15 pts)
Chance Quality Result
Based on the quality of chances each team created, Columbus Blue Jackets won 54% of G&W replays (Colorado Avalanche 46%). The chances each team created were close to even.
The Chance Quality Result describes the chances each team created. It is not the official result and never changes it or any record. Expected goals count regulation chances with both goalies in net; empty-net goals are not included. Season xG tables count every game state, empty nets included, so their totals differ.
Game DNA
The Chance Quality Result above had the chances close to even. Here is where each side gained and lost.
| Avalanche | Goals | Blue Jackets |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 5-on-5 chancesexpected goals | 2.4 |
| 0.4 | Power-play chancesexpected goals | 0.7 |
| 0.0 | Other situations4-on-4, 3-on-3, short-handed | 0.0 |
| 2.9 | Chance Quality Result chancesthe three rows above, as in the result | 3.1 |
| 0.2 | Overtime and pulled-goalie chancesnot part of the Chance Quality Result | 0.0 |
| 0.7 | Second chancesrebounds and flurries, part of the above | 1.3 |
| -1.0 | Finishinggoals vs expected on own shots | +3.9 |
| -3.9 | Goaltendingsaves vs expected · Mackenzie Blackwood 12/15, Scott Wedgewood 5/9 · Cam Talbot 27/29 | +1.0 |
How the margin was built, from Columbus Blue Jackets's side:
The first three rows add up to the Chance Quality Result's expected goals. Overtime chances and chances with a goalie pulled are listed on their own, and empty-net goals are not in expected goals. A team's finishing and the other team's goaltending are the same goals seen from each end.
Line review
Colorado Avalanche closed as the market favourite at 53% and lost.
The line moved toward Columbus Blue Jackets before puck drop, and they won.
Market
Closing line and line movement
Avalanche -1.5 (+180)
Avalanche -1.5 (+190)
Blue Jackets +110 46%
Blue Jackets +105 47%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
Members
G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Head-to-head
The teams have met 14 times since 2018-19: the Avalanche won 8 and the Blue Jackets 6.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2026 | Blue Jackets 0, Avalanche 4 Avalanche won | Avalanche -325 favorite won | 6.5 under |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Avalanche 4, Blue Jackets 1 Avalanche won | Avalanche -165 favorite won | 6.5 under |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Avalanche 7, Blue Jackets 3 Avalanche won | Avalanche -146 favorite won | 6.5 over |
| Oct 12, 2024 | Blue Jackets 6, Avalanche 4 Blue Jackets won | Avalanche -340 underdog won | 6.5 over |
| Apr 1, 2024 | Avalanche 1, Blue Jackets 4 Blue Jackets won | Avalanche -355 underdog won | 6.5 under |
Regular-season meetings since 2018-19, most recent first. Line = consensus closing moneyline favorite and total where line history is available.
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