Dallas Stars vs. Colorado Avalanche Preview, Prediction & Odds | April 23, 2025

This Dallas Stars Preview vs. Colorado Avalanche Prediction & Odds will handicap this Round 1 NHL Western Conference Playoffs Game 3 between these two Central Division rivals. Colorado took Game 1 on Saturday in this best-of-7 series, winning 5-1 in Dallas while Dallas equalized the series at 1-1 with a 4-3 OT win on Monday night in Big D. Let’s handicap this Wednesday game and make a pick for our Total Apex Sports Bets readers.

Stars vs. Avalanche Odds

Game Details

• Game: Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche

• Date and Time: Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 9:30 EDT/7:30 CDT/6:30 PDT

• Location: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado

• TV: ESPN

Key Stats

Dallas Stars

Dallas (50-26-6, 22-16-3) found a way to win Game 2, and that’s a good thing, or else this series would have been over before it really started. It was the Stars’ first win in nine games and gives them a chance to steal back the Home ice advantage with a win in one of these two games in Denver.

With Goalie Jake Oettinger (36-18-4, 2.59 GAA), Matt Duchene (82 points), Jason Robertson (80 points), Wyatt Johnston (71 points), Roope Hintz (67 points), Thomas Harley (50 points), and Jamie Benn (49 points), the visitors have a chance and maybe former Avalanche star Mikko Rantanen (+230 Anytime Goalscorer) can ruin his teammates night.

Stars Betting Trends

• Dallas ranks in the Top 10 GPG in the NHL
• The Stars are 1-8 in their last nine games overall
• The Over is 7-3-1 in the last 11 series meetings
• Dallas went 15-8-3 vs the Central Division in the Regular Season 
• The Stars have allowed a power-play goal in five straight games

Colorado Avalanche

The Avalanche (49-24-4, 26-12-3 at Home) may be getting Gabriel Landeskog back tonight, and if the Swedish star is playing, expect a better performance from the Home team. Colorado will need Goalie Mackenzie Blackwood (28-21-6, 2.55 GAA) to be at his best to help the Avalanche win. In 2024-25 NHL Regular Season play, the Colorado was 2-1 in three games that all went Over the Total (DAL 5 COL 3, COL 6 DAL 3, COL 4 DAL 3). With Nathan MacKinnon playing so well, taking a shot on him in the Props market as an Anytime Goalscorer seems like it’s worth a shot once again.

Avalanche Betting Trends

• The Avalanche are 3-1-0 in their last 4 vs the Stars
• Four of the last 11 series meetings have gone to Overtime
• The Over is 4-1-0 in the last four series meetings
• Nathan MacKinnon has registered a Point in 10 straight games
• Colorado went 12-12-2 vs the Central Division in the Regular Season

Prediction

With the series moving to Colorado and Landeskog likely back on the ice, the thought here is that the Home team will find a way to win it, with fears of losing the home ice edge they just stole from their Central Division rivals.

With Cale Makar (92 points), Charlie Coyle (Goal in Game 1), Logan O’Connor (2 points in Game 1), Artturi Lehkonen (45 points), and Devon Toews (44 points), this team has enough firepower to outscore Dallas and goals in this meeting may be scarcer than in previous meetings. This should be a really fun one.

Final Pick

Avalanche -192

Props Pick

Nathan MacKinnon +105 Anytime Goalscorer