Maple Leafs vs. Avalanche (Oct 10, 2026)

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Maple Leafs TOR

2-2-1

2-2-1 in Last 10

Avalanche COL

3-1-0

3-1-0 in Last 10

Preview

Maple Leafs

Avalanche

Predictions

Notes

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Odds

TOR

COL

+194

Money

-199

Money

o6.5

-111

u6.5

+108

+1.5

-127

-1.5

+122

o6.5

Open

-189

Open

M. Necas Over 2.5 Shots on Goal -127 B. Kulak Over 0.5 Goals +1438

Forward Matchup

W. Nylander

TOR RW #88

N. MacKinnon

COL C #29

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

M. Rielly

TOR D #44

C. Makar

COL D #8

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

A. Stolarz

TOR G #41

M. Blackwood

COL G #39

Wins

.904

Save Pct

.895

2.44

Goals Against Avg

2.68

TOR

Team Stats

COL

2.8

Goals per Game

5.75

2.8

Goals Against per Game

2.75

28.80

Shots per Game

32.25

29.60

Shots Against per Game

26.25

20.0

Power Play Pct

30.8

93.3

Penalty Kill Pct

100.0

.905

Save Pct

.895

TOR

Injuries

COL

John Tavares

Day to day (Personal)

Logan O'Connor

Day to day (Lower-body)

Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Day to day (Undisclosed)

Georgii Merkulov

Out (Undisclosed)

William Villeneuve

Out (Knee)

Trent Miner

Out (Undisclosed)

Cade Webber

Out (Elbow)

Elvis Merzlikins

Out (Shoulder)

Dakota Joshua

Out (Abdomen)

Max Domi

Out (Back)

2026-27 Atlantic Division

TORCOL

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Senators	3	1	0	6	3
Lightning	3	1	0	6	2
Panthers	2	0	2	6	0
Bruins	3	2	0	6	3
Maple Leafs	2	2	1	5	-1
Sabres	2	2	0	4	-5
Canadiens	1	2	1	3	-5
Red Wings	1	2	0	2	-1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Jets	3	0	1	7	2
Avalanche	3	1	0	6	12
Mammoth	3	2	0	6	4
Wild	2	1	1	5	3
Predators	2	1	1	5	1
Stars	2	2	0	4	4
Blues	1	2	1	3	-4
Blackhawks	1	4	0	2	-11

TOR

Last 5

COL

Thu, Oct 8

Thu, Oct 8

Tue, Oct 6

Wed, Oct 7

Sat, Oct 3

Sat, Oct 3

Wed, Sep 30

Wed, Sep 30

Tue, Sep 29

Game Info

October 10, 2026

NHL Network

Ball Arena

Denver, Colorado

First Goal Scorer

Yes No

N. MacKinnon +567

M. Necas +614

A. Lehkonen +669

A. Matthews +669

C. Makar +669

Goals

Line Over Under

A. Lehkonen 0.5 +257 -308

A. Matthews 0.5 +178

B. Burns 0.5 +900

B. Duhaime 0.5 +770

B. Kulak 0.5 +1438 -1900

Assists

Line Over Under

B. Nelson 0.5 +150 -223

C. Makar 0.5 -182

N. MacKinnon 0.5 -270

Shots on Goal

Line Over Under

N. MacKinnon 3.5 -133

C. Makar 2.5 -133

D. Raddysh 2.5 +130

M. Necas 2.5 -127 +111

W. Nylander 2.5 -106

Team Leaders

W. Nylander

A. Matthews

GWG

A. Matthews

SV%

.906

S. Bobrovsky

Season

Career vs COL

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Auston Matthews A. Matthews	5	2	4	6	+2	0	0	1	1	1	16	12.5	42	75	56.0	4	3	3	3	22:14
William Nylander W. Nylander	5	3	3	6	-2	0	1	0	0	0	14	21.4	2	8	25.0	1	2	3	4	20:14
Easton Cowan E. Cowan	5	2	2	4	0	4	1	0	1	0	11	18.2	0	1	0.0	7	1	0	8	14:18
Kirill Marchenko K. Marchenko	5	1	3	4	-1	6	1	1	0	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	8	2	1	4	19:33
Jack Roslovic J. Roslovic	5	2	2	4	+3	2	0	1	0	0	13	15.4	6	13	46.2	3	1	2	4	16:39
Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	5	0	3	3	-2	2	0	1	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	2	6	1	6	20:16
John Tavares J. Tavares	5	1	2	3	-4	4	0	1	0	0	14	7.1	43	74	58.1	3	4	1	6	17:10
Gavin McKenna G. McKenna	5	1	2	3	-1	2	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	14:30
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	5	0	2	2	-3	0	0	1	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	1	7	2	9	23:33
Nick Paul N. Paul	5	1	1	2	-3	4	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	18	40	45.0	9	5	0	0	15:46
Chris Tanev C. Tanev	5	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	14	3	5	19:31
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	20	32	62.5	14	3	1	5	14:02
Teddy Blueger T. Blueger	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	16	33	48.5	4	2	0	3	10:43
Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	5	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	5	3	1	7	16:43
Jake McCabe J. McCabe	5	0	0	0	+2	4	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	8	8	0	11	18:39
Troy Stecher T. Stecher	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	4	3	1	2	17:27
Brandon Duhaime B. Duhaime	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	2	0.0	12	6	1	3	11:25
Zack MacEwen Z. MacEwen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5:25
Bo Groulx B. Groulx	4	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	3	5	60.0	7	1	0	1	7:43

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Sergei Bobrovsky S. Bobrovsky	3	3	0	2	1	96	87	.906	9	2.96	0	183
	Anthony Stolarz A. Stolarz	2	2	2	0	0	52	47	.904	5	2.44	0	123

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Oliver Ekman-Larsson O. Ekman-Larsson	49	9	18	27	0	26	2	5	0	0	0	103	8.7	0	0	0	79	45	18	20	22:02
Auston Matthews A. Matthews	18	12	11	23	0	4	2	5	0	1	0	73	16.4	158	285	55.4	5	20	21	11	20:30
Colton Sissons C. Sissons	32	11	10	21	+6	18	1	3	0	2	0	43	25.6	204	353	57.8	47	34	17	3	15:24
John Tavares J. Tavares	28	6	11	17	-19	14	2	6	0	1	1	72	8.3	287	495	58.0	17	15	15	19	18:51
William Nylander W. Nylander	17	2	13	15	-1	2	0	5	0	1	1	58	3.4	23	46	50.0	0	5	11	8	17:56
Max Domi M. Domi	23	4	5	9	-4	6	2	2	0	1	0	51	7.8	74	143	51.7	7	10	5	13	15:40
Morgan Rielly M. Rielly	22	2	5	7	-3	4	0	1	0	0	0	40	5.0	0	0	0	19	26	15	17	21:09
Chris Tanev C. Tanev	30	1	6	7	+6	10	0	0	0	0	0	24	4.2	0	0	0	13	59	10	11	19:25
Jack Roslovic J. Roslovic	19	3	4	7	-7	2	0	1	0	0	0	34	8.8	47	79	59.5	5	5	5	7	13:54
Troy Stecher T. Stecher	21	1	5	6	+4	12	0	0	0	0	0	27	3.7	0	0	0	26	20	8	8	18:17
Kirill Marchenko K. Marchenko	6	2	4	6	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	18.2	1	1	100.0	2	1	7	3	18:01
Jake McCabe J. McCabe	19	1	4	5	-7	4	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0	0	0	0	43	41	4	14	19:25
Teddy Blueger T. Blueger	12	3	1	4	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	13.0	85	160	53.1	15	8	3	3	15:56
Zack MacEwen Z. MacEwen	7	3	1	4	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	42.9	5	6	83.3	13	4	3	1	8:49
Miles Wood M. Wood	8	1	1	2	-5	16	1	0	0	0	0	18	5.6	0	0	0	4	3	1	4	12:25
Dakota Joshua D. Joshua	8	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	10	13	76.9	13	2	4	0	10:49
Darren Raddysh D. Raddysh	6	0	2	2	+6	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	3	6	0	5	16:55
Easton Cowan E. Cowan	2	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	11:26
Nick Paul N. Paul	10	0	1	1	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	20	0.0	32	62	51.6	18	7	2	0	13:51
Brandon Duhaime B. Duhaime	11	0	0	0	-8	38	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	4	4	100.0	19	3	3	1	9:19
Bo Groulx B. Groulx	4	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	6	11	54.5	5	3	2	2	13:46
Nick Blankenburg N. Blankenburg	8	0	0	0	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	9	10	3	8	18:10

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Sergei Bobrovsky S. Bobrovsky	21	20	12	6	2	623	565	.907	58	2.79	1	1247
Elvis Merzlikins E. Merzlikins	7	7	1	6	0	237	208	.878	29	4.36	0	399
Anthony Stolarz A. Stolarz	1	1	0	1	0	32	27	.844	5	5.12	0	59

Team Leaders

N. MacKinnon

GWG

N. MacKinnon

SV%

.897

S. Wedgewood

Season

Career vs TOR

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	4	3	5	8	+1	5	1	0	1	15	20.0	33	70	47.1	2	0	1	5	18:43
Jaden Schwartz J. Schwartz	4	3	3	6	+2	2	0	1	0	9	33.3	1	1	100.0	4	1	0	2	13:33
Cale Makar C. Makar	4	3	3	6	+3	0	0	1	0	10	30.0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	21:28
Parker Kelly P. Kelly	4	1	4	5	+4	2	0	0	0	5	20.0	2	4	50.0	9	3	2	6	13:14
Martin Necas M. Necas	4	2	2	4	+1	0	0	0	1	13	15.4	1	1	100.0	2	0	2	3	19:06
Brock Nelson B. Nelson	4	1	3	4	-1	2	1	2	0	3	33.3	34	70	48.6	3	3	1	2	16:58
Devon Toews D. Toews	4	2	2	4	+6	4	0	2	0	5	40.0	0	0	0	2	1	4	5	19:50
Artturi Lehkonen A. Lehkonen	4	3	1	4	+4	0	2	0	0	6	50.0	0	0	0	6	5	2	4	18:24
Nicolas Roy N. Roy	4	2	1	3	+3	2	0	0	1	8	25.0	18	30	60.0	7	3	2	5	12:50
Brent Burns B. Burns	4	0	3	3	-2	2	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	16:30
Nazem Kadri N. Kadri	4	0	3	3	+3	0	0	2	0	12	0.0	9	20	45.0	2	2	2	7	17:56
Brett Kulak B. Kulak	4	0	3	3	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	8	0	2	18:06
Josh Manson J. Manson	4	1	2	3	+4	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	8	5	0	5	17:08
Fedor Svechkov F. Svechkov	4	1	2	3	+5	2	0	0	0	4	25.0	11	26	42.3	1	3	0	4	13:51
Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	4	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	9	14	64.3	5	3	0	2	15:28
Noah Juulsen N. Juulsen	3	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	7	4	0	4	12:55
Zachary L'Heureux Z. L'Heureux	2	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	9:39
T.J. Hughes T.J. Hughes	4	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	11	0.0	12	19	63.2	5	0	1	3	15:28
Sam Malinski S. Malinski	3	0	0	0	+5	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	16:14

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Mackenzie Blackwood M. Blackwood	3	3	2	1	0	76	68	.895	8	2.68	0	179
	Scott Wedgewood S. Wedgewood	1	1	1	0	0	29	26	.897	3	3.00	0	60

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	24	10	18	28	+3	4	3	6	0	0	3	0	92	10.9	174	357	48.7	21	14	16	24	21:08
Brent Burns B. Burns	33	4	20	24	+9	16	1	12	0	1	2	1	96	4.2	4	7	57.1	30	34	17	34	22:54
Brock Nelson B. Nelson	36	11	12	23	-10	6	1	3	0	0	2	1	74	14.9	172	390	44.1	32	14	26	19	16:28
Jaden Schwartz J. Schwartz	19	4	12	16	+6	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	41	9.8	6	20	30.0	13	10	17	9	17:44
Nazem Kadri N. Kadri	12	5	9	14	-3	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	39	12.8	59	158	37.3	22	6	8	3	19:34
Martin Necas M. Necas	16	5	9	14	-2	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	50	10.0	11	27	40.7	13	4	7	14	17:48
Artturi Lehkonen A. Lehkonen	31	4	6	10	-4	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	47	8.5	3	6	50.0	44	17	8	12	14:32
Cale Makar C. Makar	12	2	8	10	-4	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	37	5.4	0	0	0	7	15	7	8	25:46
Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	14	3	5	8	-4	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	32	9.4	30	77	39.0	43	8	10	11	19:27
Brett Kulak B. Kulak	24	1	5	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	3.4	0	0	0	31	27	7	19	16:02
Josh Manson J. Manson	15	0	6	6	+1	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.0	0	0	0	51	17	3	15	20:05
Parker Kelly P. Kelly	14	2	2	4	+1	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	14.3	1	15	6.7	36	9	5	5	10:11
Nicolas Roy N. Roy	8	3	0	3	-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	25.0	31	85	36.5	17	5	5	6	15:53
Devon Toews D. Toews	13	2	1	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	20	10.0	0	0	0	10	15	8	11	22:18
Logan O'Connor L. O'Connor	10	0	3	3	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	1	2	50.0	12	4	4	3	12:59
Fedor Svechkov F. Svechkov	4	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	15	30	50.0	4	0	0	2	12:24
Sam Malinski S. Malinski	5	0	2	2	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	3	4	1	9	17:48
Noah Juulsen N. Juulsen	7	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	22	6	0	4	16:34
Zachary L'Heureux Z. L'Heureux	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	14:06

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
Scott Wedgewood S. Wedgewood	6	6	1	3	2	208	183	.880	25	4.15	361
Mackenzie Blackwood M. Blackwood	7	5	2	2	1	185	164	.886	21	3.52	357
Trent Miner T. Miner	1	1	0	0	1	31	27	.871	4	3.78	63

Avalanche host the Maple Leafs after Makar's 2-goal game

The Associated Press

Oct 9, 2026

Toronto Maple Leafs (2-2-1, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (3-1, in the Central Division)

Denver; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche host the Toronto Maple Leafs after Cale Makar scored two goals in the Avalanche's 7-3 win over the Calgary Flames.

Colorado has a 3-1 record overall and a 2-0-0 record in home games. The Avalanche lead the league with 23 total goals (averaging 5.8 per game).

Toronto is 0-0-1 on the road and 2-2-1 overall. The Maple Leafs have scored and allowed 14 goals this season for an even scoring differential.

Saturday's game is the first time these teams match up this season.

INJURIES: Avalanche: Logan O'Connor: day to day (lower-body), Georgii Merkulov: out (undisclosed), Trent Miner: out (undisclosed).

Maple Leafs: Dakota Joshua: out (abdomen), Cade Webber: out (elbow), Elvis Merzlikins: out (shoulder), Max Domi: out (back), William Villeneuve: out (knee).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Maple Leafs TOR

Avalanche COL

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

First Goal Scorer

Goals

Assists

Shots on Goal

Avalanche host the Maple Leafs after Makar's 2-goal game

Players Mentioned

Max Domi

Dakota Joshua

Elvis Merzlikins

Cale Makar

Logan O'Connor

Trent Miner

William Villeneuve

Georgii Merkulov