Flames vs Avalanche Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Oct 31, 2026)

Calgary Flames logo

Flames6-7 · 6-7 ATS11th in the West
FINAL2 – 5
Colorado Avalanche logo

Avalanche7-6 · 8-5 ATS4th in the West

NHL · Saturday, October 31, 2026 · 10:00 PM ET · Ball Arena

Final score by period

Team 1 2 3 T
Flames 0 1 1 2
Avalanche 1 3 1 5

How the bets settled

MoneylineAvalanche wonClosed at -375
SpreadAvalanche coveredAvalanche -1.5, by 1.5
TotalOver 6.57 scored, 0.5 over

Closing line, DraftKings.

Game review

Colorado Avalanche beat Calgary Flames 5-2 on October 31, with the game swinging in the second period. After an early Colorado lead, the Avalanche scored three times in the middle frame. Calgary answered once in that period and once in the third, but the gap was too large.

Artturi Lehkonen scored twice for Colorado, while Cale Makar drove the offense with four assists and four points. Joel Farabee led Calgary with a goal and a point, and Zayne Parekh added an assist. Colorado’s 62.7 percent faceoff win rate and shot advantage helped it control play, and the Avalanche converted one of three power-play chances while Calgary had none. The Flames outhit Colorado 25-13 and blocked 11 shots to 10, but that physical edge did not change the result.

For bettors, Colorado covered the closing -1.5 spread by 1.5 goals, and the game’s seven goals went over the closing total of 6.5 by 0.5.

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Against the spread, start to finish

AvalancheFlames
The score margin against the closing spread (Avalanche -1.5). Blue: Avalanche covering. Orange: Flames covering.
+1.5Largest CGY cover
38%CGY covering
+2.5Largest COL cover
62%COL covering

Top performers

Flames

  • GoalsJoel Farabee1
  • AssistsZayne Parekh1
  • PointsJoel Farabee1

Avalanche

  • GoalsArtturi Lehkonen2
  • AssistsCale Makar4
  • PointsCale Makar4

Team stats

FlamesAvalanche
27Shots34
37.3%Faceoffs won62.7%
0Power play goals1
25Hits13
11Blocked shots10
3Takeaways2
17Giveaways17
6Penalty minutes0

Box score

Calgary Flames

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Mikael Backlund C 0 1 0 5 0 19:03 26 1 0 1 0 0 47.4
Jonathan Castagna C 0 0 0 1 -1 12:36 18 0 1 0 2 0 40.0
Matt Coronato RW 0 0 0 2 0 15:33 21 0 0 0 0 0 100.0
Joel Farabee LW 1 0 0 3 0 17:34 24 0 2 0 1 0 0.0
Morgan Frost C 0 0 0 1 -1 14:18 19 2 0 0 2 0 36.4
Matvei Gridin RW 0 0 0 2 0 13:36 19 1 0 0 1 0 0.0
Adam Klapka RW 0 0 0 3 -1 11:29 17 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Martin Pospisil C 1 0 0 2 0 14:36 22 6 0 0 0 0 27.3
Yegor Sharangovich C 0 0 0 3 -1 17:52 23 0 1 0 1 0 0.0
Ryan Strome C 0 1 0 1 0 11:48 19 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Aydar Suniev LW 0 0 0 1 -1 15:23 20 0 1 0 0 0 0.0
Maxim Tsyplakov RW 0 0 0 0 -1 10:11 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Kevin Bahl D 0 0 0 1 -1 23:02 27 5 0 1 1 0 0.0
Yan Kuznetsov D 0 0 0 0 1 18:44 23 2 0 0 1 4 0.0
Jake Middleton D 0 0 0 0 -2 16:51 25 4 0 0 2 0 0.0
Simon Nemec D 0 0 0 1 -1 23:06 27 1 1 1 2 0 0.0
Zayne Parekh D 0 1 0 0 1 18:04 22 0 2 0 2 0 0.0
Zach Whitecloud D 0 0 0 1 -2 20:32 24 2 2 0 1 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Arsenii Sergeev G 5 34 0 0 29 .853 23 6 0 60:00 0 0

Colorado Avalanche

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Gavin Brindley C 0 0 0 1 0 12:00 15 1 2 0 0 0 0.0
T.J. Hughes RW 0 0 0 2 -2 17:00 18 0 0 0 0 0 80.0
Nazem Kadri C 0 1 0 2 -2 19:57 21 0 0 0 3 0 50.0
Parker Kelly C 0 0 0 0 0 12:27 15 2 0 0 0 0 0.0
Gabriel Landeskog LW 0 1 0 1 1 15:23 19 0 0 0 0 0 66.7
Artturi Lehkonen LW 2 0 0 4 3 15:48 20 1 0 0 2 0 0.0
Nathan MacKinnon C 1 1 0 6 3 19:06 22 0 0 0 0 0 58.3
Martin Necas C 1 1 0 2 4 20:02 22 1 0 0 2 0 0.0
Brock Nelson C 1 0 0 3 1 13:38 18 0 0 1 0 0 62.5
Nicolas Roy C 0 0 0 0 0 13:32 18 0 0 0 0 0 100.0
Jaden Schwartz C 0 0 0 2 -2 14:36 16 0 1 0 0 0 100.0
Fedor Svechkov C 0 0 0 0 0 12:12 14 1 0 1 1 0 100.0

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Brent Burns D 0 0 0 1 -1 17:28 21 0 1 0 5 0 0.0
Noah Juulsen D 0 0 0 0 1 15:24 22 3 3 0 1 0 0.0
Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 3 -1 17:32 22 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cale Makar D 0 4 0 3 4 24:27 23 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sam Malinski D 0 0 0 3 -2 18:40 22 3 0 0 0 0 0.0
Devon Toews D 0 2 0 1 3 20:48 24 1 3 0 1 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Mackenzie Blackwood G 2 27 0 0 25 .926 23 0 2 60:00 0 0

Attendance 18,089 · Officials: Garrett Rank, Beau Halkidis, Ryan Jackson, Brandon Grillo

Recap: Artturi Lehkonen and Cale Makar lead the Avalanche to a 5-2 victory over the Flames (ESPN)

Highlights

Play-by-play on ESPN

StatsBench picks

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Betting trends

From each team’s last 10 games and recent meetings, against the closing line.

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Flames vs Avalanche pre-game preview

Saturday’s Calgary-Colorado matchup has Colorado at -400 on the moneyline, Calgary at +350, with Colorado -1.5 and a 6.5 total. The last meeting was October 8, and Calgary lost 3-7 at home. Calgary enters 5-5 straight up and 5-5 ATS over its last 10, most recently a 0-4 loss at Edmonton on October 28. Colorado is 5-5 straight up and 6-4 ATS over its last 10, most recently a 5-2 win over New Jersey on October 28. The head-to-head last 10 favors Colorado at 9-1 straight up and 6-1 ATS for the Avalanche.

The useful angles are pace and defense. Calgary ranks first in pace at 59.2 and Colorado second at 58.5, which points to a high-event game, while Calgary’s defense ranks 30th in goals allowed at 3.75 and 29th in shots allowed at 30.42. Colorado is without Josh Manson, out with a lower-body injury. Artturi Lehkonen over 0.5 points at -158 cleared in 8 of his last 10, with the StatsBench model projecting 0.9.

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Player stats and form

Season averages and each player’s last 5 games, newest first. Splits: per-game averages (games in brackets); vs the opponent covers this season and last, newest game first.

Calgary Flames

Matt Coronato R1.1 PTS · 2.3 SOG · 0.2 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/30 vs SEA 13:28 1 3 1 0
10/28 @ EDM 18:12 0 0 3 0
10/26 vs TOR 18:44 0 2 2 0
10/24 vs DET 16:09 0 2 2 0
10/22 vs MIN 17:18 0 1 3 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs COL
PTS 1.1 (13) 0.4 (5) 0.6 (80) 0.3 (3)
0 · 1 · 0
SOG 2.3 (13) 3.4 (5) 2.5 (80) 2.3 (3)
0 · 5 · 2

Joel Farabee L1.1 PTS · 2.3 SOG · 0.3 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/30 vs SEA 15:18 1 2 1 1
10/28 @ EDM 16:48 0 0 3 1
10/26 vs TOR 24:08 1 1 2 2
10/24 vs DET 18:52 1 2 3 1
10/22 vs MIN 18:51 1 0 1 1
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs COL
PTS 1.1 (13) 0.6 (5) 0.5 (82) 0.3 (4)
1 · 0 · 0 · 0
SOG 2.3 (13) 2.6 (5) 1.7 (82) 2.0 (4)
2 · 3 · 1 · 2

Matvei Gridin R0.8 PTS · 2.4 SOG · 0.4 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/30 vs SEA 16:18 1 1 5 0
10/28 @ EDM 22:31 0 0 1 0
10/26 vs TOR 16:11 2 1 5 0
10/24 vs DET 17:55 1 1 4 0
10/22 vs MIN 14:57 0 0 2 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs COL
PTS 0.8 (13) 0.4 (5) 0.5 (37) 0.3 (4)
0 · 0 · 1 · 0
SOG 2.4 (13) 1.6 (5) 1.9 (37) 1.8 (4)
2 · 2 · 2 · 1

Colorado Avalanche

Nathan MacKinnon C1.7 PTS · 4.0 SOG · 0.6 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/28 vs NJD 19:00 1 0 2 0
10/25 @ NSH 19:49 0 1 2 1
10/23 vs TBL 18:10 1 3 4 0
10/20 @ NJD 21:19 0 0 5 3
10/19 @ PHI 24:20 0 0 1 0
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs CGY
PTS 1.7 (13) 2.3 (7) 1.5 (93) 2.5 (4)
3 · 1 · 3 · 3
SOG 4.0 (13) 5.6 (7) 4.3 (93) 4.3 (4)
2 · 4 · 6 · 5

Martin Necas C1.2 PTS · 2.2 SOG · 0.5 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/28 vs NJD 19:35 0 0 4 1
10/25 @ NSH 19:07 0 2 0 2
10/23 vs TBL 16:32 1 2 1 0
10/20 @ NJD 19:05 0 0 3 1
10/19 @ PHI 17:40 1 0 2 1
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs CGY
PTS 1.2 (13) 1.6 (7) 1.2 (91) 1.8 (4)
0 · 1 · 3 · 3
SOG 2.2 (13) 2.3 (7) 2.6 (91) 3.5 (4)
2 · 5 · 4 · 3

Artturi Lehkonen L1.2 PTS · 1.8 SOG · 0.8 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/28 vs NJD 18:33 0 1 2 1
10/25 @ NSH 18:32 1 0 5 0
10/23 vs TBL 18:56 1 1 1 1
10/20 @ NJD 16:44 2 0 2 0
10/19 @ PHI 19:06 0 1 2 0
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs CGY
PTS 1.2 (13) 1.4 (7) 0.7 (81) 0.8 (4)
0 · 1 · 0 · 2
SOG 1.8 (13) 1.9 (7) 2.1 (81) 2.3 (4)
1 · 3 · 2 · 3

Records

Team Record ATS O/U Home Away
Flames 6-7 6-7 6-7 5-3 1-4
Avalanche 7-6 8-5 9-4 5-2 2-4

This season, regular season. ATS and O/U against each game’s closing line.

Flames vs Avalanche head-to-head

Flames are 1-9, 1-6 ATS, O/U 4-3 in the last 10 meetings. Last time: Flames lost 3-7 on October 8, 2026.

Date Venue Flames result ATS O/U
Oct 8, 26 Flames home L 3-7 L +1.5 O 6.5
Apr 14, 26 Flames home L 1-3 L +1.5 U 6.5
Apr 9, 26 Avalanche home L 1-3 L +1.5 U 6.5
Mar 30, 26 Avalanche home L 2-9 L +1.5 O 6.5
Mar 31, 25 Avalanche home W 3-2 – –
Mar 14, 25 Flames home L 2-4 – –
Feb 6, 25 Flames home L 2-4 – –
Mar 12, 24 Flames home L 2-6 L +1.5 O 5.5
Dec 11, 23 Avalanche home L 5-6 W +1.5 O 5.5
Nov 25, 23 Avalanche home L 1-3 L +1.5 U 5.5

Recent form

Calgary Flames: last 10 (6-4, 6-4 ATS, O/U 4-6)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 30, 26 vs SEA W 6-2 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 28, 26 @ EDM L 0-4 L +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 26, 26 vs TOR W 5-2 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 24, 26 vs DET W 4-1 W +1.5 U 5.5
Oct 22, 26 vs MIN W 2-1 W +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 18, 26 vs CAR W 3-2 W +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 15, 26 @ VGK L 2-6 L +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 13, 26 @ ANA W 4-2 W +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 10, 26 vs ANA L 2-4 L +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 8, 26 vs COL L 3-7 L +1.5 O 6.5

Colorado Avalanche: last 10 (5-5, 6-4 ATS, O/U 7-3)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Oct 28, 26 vs NJ W 5-2 W -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 25, 26 @ NSH L 2-6 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 23, 26 vs TB W 6-3 W -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 20, 26 @ NJ L 3-4 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 19, 26 @ PHI L 2-3 L -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 16, 26 vs PIT W 5-2 W -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 14, 26 vs DAL L 2-3 L -1.5 U 5.5
Oct 13, 26 @ DAL W 3-2 W +1.5 U 5.5
Oct 10, 26 vs TOR L 3-6 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 8, 26 @ CGY W 7-3 W -1.5 O 6.5

Injury report

Calgary Flames

  • Brennan Othmann (L): Out, Upper Body
  • Connor Zary (C): Out, Knee
  • Devin Cooley (G): Injured Reserve, Lower Body
  • Samuel Honzek (L): Injured Reserve, Lower Body
  • Jonathan Huberdeau (L): Injured Reserve, Huberdeau

Colorado Avalanche

  • Logan O’Connor (R): Out, O’Connor
  • Josh Manson (D): Out, Manson
  • Zachary L’Heureux (L): Injured Reserve, Upper Body

Matchup ranks

What each defense allows per game this season. Rank 1 allows the fewest, so a high number means a softer matchup for the other team’s overs.

Flames defense Avalanche defense
Goals allowed per game 3.53 (27th of 32) 3 (11th of 32)
Shots on goal allowed per game 29.8 (28th of 32) 27.6 (18th of 32)
Points allowed per game 9.53 (27th of 32) 7.87 (9th of 32)
Power-play points allowed per game 1.6 (10th of 32) 1.8 (13th of 32)
Pace (possessions) 58.4 (2nd) 58.5 (1st)

Venue and weather

Ball Arena · Denver, COIndoor, weather won’t matter
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Flames vs Avalanche odds

Line movement from the open

Line Open Close Move
Avalanche spread -1.5 -1.5 –
Total 6.5 6.5 –
Flames moneyline +320 +295 +1.5% win chance
Avalanche moneyline -410 -375 -1.4% win chance

DraftKings opening and closing numbers via ESPN.

Line movement chart

Avalanche spread -1.5 → -2.5
Total 6.5 → 6.5
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