Colorado Avalanche vs Los Angeles Kings Prediction, 10/7/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Avalanche vs Los Angeles Kings

Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Location: Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA

TV: ESPN

Odds/Point Spread: Avalanche (+220) Kings (-275)

The Los Angeles Kings (48-25-9 last season) will try to defeat the Colorado Avalanche (49-29-4 last year) at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday. The moneyline on this contest has Colorado at +220 while Los Angeles is coming in at -275. The total comes in at 6.5.

The Colorado Avalanche will look for better times on the ice after their 4-2 loss against the Stars their last time out. Colorado tallied 8 penalty minutes for this matchup. The Avalanche could have played much better offensively in the loss. They also had 3 power play tries but didn't net one. For the matchup, they netted 2 out of the 27 shots they put on goal.

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Colorado Avalanche opponents had 208 power play opportunities (22nd in hockey) and racked up 42 goals in those attempts. The Avalanche had 2,126 shots attempted against them and held a save percentage of .891. Colorado took 2,451 shots and had a shooting percentage of 11.1%. At even strength, the Avalanche let the opposition score 189 goals while getting 215. Colorado compiled 234 power play opportunities and tallied 58 goals out of those advantages, garnering them a rate of 24.79%. For last season, they earned 102 points and their points percentage was at .622. In reference to their scoring capabilities, the Colorado Avalanche earned 273 goals (6th in pro hockey) for the prior year and allowed 231.

Patrolling the crease for the game will be Scott Wedgewood. Wedgewood has participated in 154 games during his pro hockey career. He has compiled an overall record of 62-54-24 and he has gotten the start in 136 games. The opposition has been able to score 413 goals against Wedgewood in his career and his goals against rate is 3.39. Wedgewood has seen 4,404 shot attempts against him and has gathered 3,991 total saves. He has a save percentage of .906 in his 7,302 mins between the pipes. In his professional hockey career, Wedgewood has tallied 67 quality starts and his percentage for quality starts is .493.

In their last game, Los Angeles played the Oilers in an outing where the Kings ended up taking the loss by a mark of 6-4. They had 2 attempts on the power play in this outing but didn't score a goal. The Kings recorded 4 goals of the 27 shots on goal they took.

Los Angeles attempted 2,302 shots (18th in the league) and had a shooting percentage of 10.82%, while allowing the other team 2,090 shots. They earned a penalty kill rate of 81.43% on the other team's 237 opportunities on the power play, and their save percentage was 90.3%. They had a total of 207 power play opportunities and they have accumulated a power play rate of 17.87%. The Kings tallied 212 goals at even strength and 37 goals (26th in pro hockey) while on the power play. They allowed 203 goals to be scored by way of 159 goals at even strength and 44 goals while they had less men on the ice. Last year, the Los Angeles Kings earned 249 goals, 105 points, as well as a points percentage of .640.

For the opposition you will find Darcy Kuemper defending the goal. Kuemper is the owner of a lifetime record of 209-146-53 and has played in 439 games. Kuemper's quality start rate sits at 56.2% and he has qualified for 235 quality starts in his pro hockey career. He is sitting with 11,310 stops out of 12,365 shots taken against him, giving him a rate of .915. The opposition is averaging 2.87 goals per contest and he has given up 1,055 goals altogether. He was named a starter in 418 games and his ice time sits at 22,073 mins.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh's Pick: Take Colorado (+220)

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