Chicago Blackhawks vs. Colorado Avalanche Preview, Prediction and Odds | April 2, 2025

This Chicago Blackhawks vs. Colorado Avalanche Preview, Prediction, & Odds will handicap the last meeting of the 2024-25 NHL Regular Season between these two Central Division teams. Connor Bedard and Chicago have surprisingly won two of the three meetings this year and outscored Colorado 8-6 in the process. With the season winding down and in third place, Nathan MacKinnon and the visiting Avalanche really need the victory here in the Windy City on Wednesday evening.

Blackhawks vs. Avalanche Odds

Game Details

• Game: Colorado Avalanche at Chicago Blackhawks

• Date and Time: Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 9:30 EDT/8:30 CDT/6:30 PDT

• Location: United Center, Chicago, Illinois

• TV: TNT/truTV/Max

Key Stats

Colorado Avalanche

The Avalanche (40-26-4, 20-15-1 on the Road) head in here losers of two straight and having scored just 3 total goals in Home losses to St. Louis (2-1) and Calgary (3-2). Colorado (94 points) sits in 3rd place in the division, 6 points ahead of the 4th-place Wild (88 points) and 7 points ahead of the 5th-place Blues (87 points, W9). So a win here would go a long way to ensuring a Postseason spot and making the home stretch less stressful.

The Avalanche is led in scoring by Nathan MacKinnon (110 points), Cale Makar (85 points), and Mikko Rantanen (64 points), but don’t look as strong as past seasons and seem to have lost that edge at Home (25-11-3) as the setbacks to St. Louis and Calgary revealed.

Avalanche Betting Trends

• The Avalanche is 1-3 in the last 4 meetings in Chicago
• The Under is a profitable 8-2-0 in the last 10 series meetings 
• The Under is 4-0-0 in the last 4 meetings at the United Center
• There have been 4, 5, 5, and 5 total goals scored in the last 4 in Chicago
• The Under is 3-0-0 in the last 3 Colorado games overall (5, 3, 4)

Chicago Blackhawks

The Blackhawks (21-44-9, 14-20-4 at Home) have the second-worst record in the NHL and are playing poorly heading into this one, with just one win in their last 11 games. Although Chicago has been strong against Colorado this season, and the Avalanche is scuffling a bit, it’s too hard to recommend backing these dogs. Ryan Donato (59 points), Connor Bedard (58 points), and Teuvo Tervainen (56 points) are the best producers for the Home team, who have incredibly been Underdogs in every single game since November 19, 2024  (Ducks).

Blackhawks Betting Trends

• Chicago is 1-10 in its last 11 games overall
• In their last 9 losses, the Blackhawks have lost by 2+ goals every time 
• The Over is 6-3-1 in the last 10 Chicago skates
• The Over is 4-0-0 in the last 4 Blackhawks games overall 
• Chicago has allowed at least 4 goals in its last 5 games (4, 4, 5, 5, 5)

Prediction

Chicago is catching Colorado at the wrong time here, coming off of 2 straight losses where the Avalanche had trouble scoring. The visitors will be aware they lost twice already to the worst team in their division and two times in their last two games. It’s really hard to think the Wild and/or Blues can catch Colorado, but there is still time left, and the Blues have a 9-game winning streak. That means a focused effort by the Avalanche here and likely 5 goals and a 2+ goal victory at the United Center. Chicago is in a major funk, as always.

Final Pick

Avalanche Puck Line -1.5 -138