Avalanche vs. Blue Jackets (Nov 3, 2026)

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Avalanche COL

9-5-1

6-3-1 in Last 10

Blue Jackets CBJ

5-7-0

4-6-0 in Last 10

Preview

Avalanche

Blue Jackets

Predictions

Notes

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Predictions

Lines as of 6:43 AM

COL 54%

Now

46% CBJ

COL CBJ

-117

+115

o6.5

+106

u6.5

-113

-1.5

+208

+1.5

-213

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Open

u6.0

Open

M. Necas Over 2.5 Shots on Goal +133

A. Fantilli Over 2.5 Shots on Goal -117

Forward Matchup

N. MacKinnon

COL C #29

K. Johnson

CBJ C #91

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

C. Makar

COL D #8

Z. Werenski

CBJ D #8

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

M. Blackwood

COL G #39

C. Talbot

CBJ G #33

Wins

.899

Save Pct

.894

2.66

Goals Against Avg

2.83

COL

Team Stats

CBJ

4.27

Goals per Game

2.33

Goals Against per Game

3.25

30.53

Shots per Game

25.58

27.60

Shots Against per Game

27.17

20.4

Power Play Pct

12.9

79.1

Penalty Kill Pct

73.0

.891

Save Pct

.880

COL

Injuries

CBJ

Zachary L'Heureux

Out (Upper Body)

Isac Lundestrom

Out (Achilles)

Josh Manson

Out (Lower Body)

2026-27 Central Division

COLCBJ

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Wild	10	3	3	23	16
Avalanche	9	5	1	19	18
Mammoth	9	6	0	18	2
Stars	8	5	1	17	7
Blues	7	6	1	15	2
Predators	5	4	5	15	-5
Jets	4	8	3	11	-20
Blackhawks	4	10	1	9	-25

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	12	2	2	26	27
Devils	9	5	0	18	8
Capitals	8	5	0	16	2
Islanders	7	5	2	16	1
Rangers	7	7	1	15	-1
Penguins	5	7	2	12	-2
Flyers	4	8	4	12	-19
Blue Jackets	5	7	0	10	-10

COL

Last 5

CBJ

Mon, Nov 2

Sat, Oct 31

Sat, Oct 31

Thu, Oct 29

Wed, Oct 28

Tue, Oct 27

Sun, Oct 25

Sat, Oct 24

Fri, Oct 23

Tue, Oct 20

Game Info

November 3, 2026

ESPN+

Nationwide Arena

Columbus, Ohio

First Goal Scorer

Yes No

N. MacKinnon +488

L. O'Connor +1011

B. Burns +1329

N. Juulsen +1329

B. Kulak +1567

Goals

Line Over Under

A. Fantilli 0.5 +208 -213

A. Lehkonen 0.5 +217 -292

B. Burns 0.5 +1329 -1900

B. Kulak 0.5 +1718

B. Nelson 0.5 +292 -388

Points

Line Over Under

N. MacKinnon 1.5 +163 -182

Z. Werenski 1.5 +212 -641

A. Fantilli 0.5 -147 +122

B. Nelson 0.5 +120 -153

C. Coyle 0.5 -113 -120

Assists

Line Over Under

Z. Werenski 2.5 +1233

A. Fantilli 0.5 +153 -174

B. Nelson 0.5 +245 -308

C. Coyle 0.5 +160 -208

C. Makar 0.5 -104 +100

Shots on Goal

Line Over Under

N. MacKinnon 3.5 +111 -122

A. Fantilli 2.5 -117 +115

C. Makar 2.5 +113 -115

K. Johnson 2.5 +167

M. Necas 2.5 +133 -135

Team Leaders

A. Lehkonen

N. MacKinnon

GWG

M. Necas

SV%

.899

M. Blackwood

Season

Career vs CBJ

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	15	9	16	25	+8	12	2	3	1	59	15.3	125	262	47.7	7	4	3	26	20:33
Martin Necas M. Necas	15	7	11	18	+12	4	2	1	2	31	22.6	2	5	40.0	12	3	3	22	19:43
Artturi Lehkonen A. Lehkonen	15	12	5	17	+15	4	2	0	2	30	40.0	0	4	0.0	14	14	4	14	18:46
Cale Makar C. Makar	14	3	13	16	+6	2	0	3	0	39	7.7	0	0	0	4	17	3	16	22:37
Devon Toews D. Toews	15	5	10	15	+15	6	0	4	0	24	20.8	0	0	0	6	12	11	14	20:42
Nazem Kadri N. Kadri	15	4	9	13	+1	4	2	3	1	39	10.3	54	108	50.0	8	5	2	16	19:04
Jaden Schwartz J. Schwartz	15	6	5	11	-2	4	0	2	0	28	21.4	3	3	100.0	9	5	2	7	13:59
Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	15	5	5	10	-1	2	1	1	1	17	29.4	13	24	54.2	23	10	0	10	15:10
Brock Nelson B. Nelson	15	4	5	9	+4	8	1	2	0	28	14.3	111	248	44.8	6	12	4	13	17:49
Fedor Svechkov F. Svechkov	15	2	5	7	+7	23	0	0	0	11	18.2	54	106	50.9	8	9	4	15	13:04
Parker Kelly P. Kelly	15	2	4	6	+2	9	0	0	1	15	13.3	10	33	30.3	20	12	2	14	13:01
Brent Burns B. Burns	15	0	6	6	0	10	0	0	0	23	0.0	0	0	0	7	17	5	18	16:23
Sam Malinski S. Malinski	14	0	6	6	+9	4	0	0	0	19	0.0	0	0	0	12	20	5	8	17:19
T.J. Hughes T.J. Hughes	15	2	4	6	0	2	0	1	0	34	5.9	27	52	51.9	12	7	1	8	15:05
Nicolas Roy N. Roy	9	2	3	5	+1	2	0	0	1	11	18.2	41	60	68.3	11	4	2	8	11:56
Brett Kulak B. Kulak	15	0	4	4	+3	2	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	0	0	3	25	5	11	19:00
Josh Manson J. Manson	13	1	3	4	+5	2	0	0	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	28	17	1	13	14:59
Noah Juulsen N. Juulsen	10	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	24	14	2	8	11:34
Zachary L'Heureux Z. L'Heureux	3	0	1	1	-1	7	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	9:05
Logan O'Connor L. O'Connor	4	0	0	0	+1	6	0	0	0	8	0.0	1	3	33.3	1	1	5	3	12:52

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Mackenzie Blackwood M. Blackwood	11	11	8	3	0	286	257	.899	29	2.66	0	654
	Scott Wedgewood S. Wedgewood	4	4	1	2	1	126	112	.889	14	3.48	0	241

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	23	7	19	26	0	18	3	6	0	0	1	0	91	7.7	144	308	46.8	12	15	16	19	20:12
Nazem Kadri N. Kadri	29	13	12	25	-2	32	1	2	0	0	0	0	90	14.4	201	395	50.9	28	10	19	14	17:05
Brock Nelson B. Nelson	43	15	7	22	+13	18	4	2	0	0	7	1	111	13.5	245	513	47.8	18	23	23	23	16:46
Brent Burns B. Burns	59	11	10	21	-14	36	4	3	0	0	3	0	154	7.1	4	7	57.1	42	65	32	38	20:51
Martin Necas M. Necas	27	4	17	21	+9	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	65	6.2	21	49	42.9	8	11	9	34	17:37
Cale Makar C. Makar	10	6	11	17	+14	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	36	16.7	0	0	0	5	16	8	4	22:35
Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	21	8	7	15	0	23	4	1	0	0	2	1	55	14.5	37	62	59.7	30	14	9	19	18:45
Jaden Schwartz J. Schwartz	23	3	8	11	-6	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	56	5.4	8	20	40.0	14	10	10	6	17:19
Artturi Lehkonen A. Lehkonen	19	3	6	9	+11	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	53	5.7	1	3	33.3	20	10	0	5	16:10
Devon Toews D. Toews	14	2	6	8	+11	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	9.1	0	0	0	7	15	9	8	20:47
Josh Manson J. Manson	17	2	5	7	+2	20	0	0	0	0	2	0	30	6.7	0	0	0	31	20	9	8	19:30
Brett Kulak B. Kulak	22	1	5	6	-11	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	36	2.8	0	0	0	20	24	5	15	17:37
Parker Kelly P. Kelly	10	1	4	5	+4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	11	9.1	15	26	57.7	22	10	5	5	11:51
Nicolas Roy N. Roy	10	1	3	4	-1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	16	6.3	50	116	43.1	14	4	2	9	15:46
Logan O'Connor L. O'Connor	6	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	21.4	0	0	0	6	6	1	0	15:23
Noah Juulsen N. Juulsen	6	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	7	8	2	5	15:25
Zachary L'Heureux Z. L'Heureux	3	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	13	2	2	0	12:32
Fedor Svechkov F. Svechkov	2	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	5	15	33.3	2	0	1	3	15:41
Sam Malinski S. Malinski	4	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	2	6	0	6	18:04
Keaton Middleton K. Middleton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	15:02

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Scott Wedgewood S. Wedgewood	6	6	3	1	2	187	172	.920	15	2.43	0	371
	Mackenzie Blackwood M. Blackwood	7	5	3	2	0	212	198	.934	14	2.35	0	358

Team Leaders

K. Johnson

Z. Werenski

GWG

K. Johnson

SV%

.894

C. Talbot

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
Kent Johnson K. Johnson	12	7	5	12	+1	6	1	1	2	2	25	28.0	0	1	0.0	7	5	1	14	17:40
Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	12	0	10	10	+4	0	0	2	0	0	34	0.0	0	0	0	7	29	5	27	28:50
Charlie Coyle C. Coyle	12	1	8	9	-1	6	0	3	0	0	22	4.5	114	210	54.3	15	6	6	14	19:41
Adam Fantilli A. Fantilli	12	4	2	6	+2	4	1	0	1	1	36	11.1	119	197	60.4	31	11	6	13	21:01
Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	12	1	5	6	-3	0	0	1	0	0	17	5.9	1	4	25.0	22	9	2	16	16:25
Cole Sillinger C. Sillinger	12	3	3	6	-2	6	0	0	0	0	19	15.8	16	25	64.0	28	6	6	10	15:16
Matthew Knies M. Knies	12	2	3	5	-2	2	1	0	1	0	19	10.5	2	5	40.0	18	2	3	8	18:04
Damon Severson D. Severson	10	2	3	5	+3	6	0	0	0	0	7	28.6	0	0	0	2	14	2	16	23:12
Denton Mateychuk D. Mateychuk	12	4	1	5	-2	6	0	0	0	0	25	16.0	0	0	0	3	20	4	16	22:50
Sean Monahan S. Monahan	12	1	3	4	-6	4	1	0	0	0	13	7.7	101	185	54.6	8	6	4	7	16:37
Jake Christiansen J. Christiansen	11	1	2	3	-2	6	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	15	10	3	9	13:47
Mathieu Olivier M. Olivier	12	2	1	3	-3	27	0	0	0	0	20	10.0	3	3	100.0	38	4	2	4	15:06
Dmitri Voronkov D. Voronkov	8	0	2	2	-1	6	0	1	0	0	8	0.0	0	1	0.0	9	2	2	2	10:36
Emil Andrae E. Andrae	5	0	2	2	+3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	4	5	0	2	10:33
Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	12	0	1	1	-9	7	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	12	24	0	12	15:31
Danton Heinen D. Heinen	9	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	17	35	48.6	8	8	2	3	10:44
Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:31
Dante Fabbro D. Fabbro	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	13:47
Conor Garland C. Garland	12	0	0	0	-4	4	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	0	2	0.0	14	3	3	17	13:15
Ryan Lomberg R. Lomberg	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	0	2	0.0	21	0	2	1	8:52
Luca Del Bel Belluz L. Del Bel Belluz	6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	11	30	36.7	7	2	4	2	8:04

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jet Greaves J. Greaves	8	7	2	5	0	180	159	.883	21	3.11	1	405
	Cam Talbot C. Talbot	6	5	3	2	0	142	127	.894	15	2.83	0	318

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Sean Monahan S. Monahan	29	11	17	28	-2	8	4	6	3	2	66	16.7	277	486	57.0	13	16	19	17	17:29
Charlie Coyle C. Coyle	42	12	15	27	+8	13	5	0	4	0	83	14.5	154	304	50.7	50	32	25	13	16:32
Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	18	3	5	8	-6	4	1	2	0	0	68	4.4	0	0	0	11	24	10	7	24:23
Conor Garland C. Garland	23	4	4	8	-2	12	0	0	0	0	46	8.7	3	11	27.3	10	11	13	3	14:43
Danton Heinen D. Heinen	21	2	5	7	-4	8	0	0	0	0	36	5.6	0	2	0.0	11	16	9	6	13:27
Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	22	2	3	5	+3	8	0	0	0	0	27	7.4	0	0	0	44	29	6	5	18:49
Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	18	2	3	5	-4	2	0	1	1	0	33	6.1	0	0	0	27	35	5	19	24:12
Cole Sillinger C. Sillinger	10	4	1	5	0	4	0	0	1	0	30	13.3	48	119	40.3	15	4	4	7	15:22
Damon Severson D. Severson	21	2	2	4	-9	14	1	0	0	0	44	4.5	0	0	0	18	28	11	5	21:46
Dante Fabbro D. Fabbro	16	1	2	3	-11	8	0	0	0	0	19	5.3	0	0	0	15	25	2	9	17:14
Ryan Lomberg R. Lomberg	8	1	2	3	+2	16	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	2	3	66.7	11	0	1	2	10:30
Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	11	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	20	0.0	0	2	0.0	12	5	6	8	12:51
Dmitri Voronkov D. Voronkov	5	0	2	2	-3	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	4	20	20.0	8	5	1	2	14:03
Emil Andrae E. Andrae	3	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	3	18:07
Kent Johnson K. Johnson	6	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	0	2	0.0	2	3	0	6	16:06
Matthew Knies M. Knies	6	0	2	2	-2	2	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	9	5	3	4	17:15
Jake Christiansen J. Christiansen	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	11:39
Adam Fantilli A. Fantilli	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	19	51	37.3	2	7	0	6	18:02
Mathieu Olivier M. Olivier	9	0	0	0	-5	16	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	2	0.0	30	7	4	1	12:03
Isac Lundestrom I. Lundestrom	13	0	0	0	-6	2	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	67	149	45.0	3	9	4	1	15:00
Denton Mateychuk D. Mateychuk	3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	1	5	1	1	16:31

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Cam Talbot C. Talbot	18	17	8	8	0	496	444	.895	52	3.32	0	939

Colorado brings 3-game win streak into matchup against Columbus

The Associated Press

Nov 3, 2026

Colorado Avalanche (9-5-1, in the Central Division) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (5-7, in the Metropolitan Division)

Columbus, Ohio; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

LINE: Avalanche -135, Blue Jackets +111; over/under is 6.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche will try to prolong a three-game win streak with a victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Columbus has a 4-3-0 record in home games and a 5-7 record overall. The Blue Jackets have a 2-4-0 record in games they serve more penalty minutes than their opponents.

Colorado has a 9-5-1 record overall and a 2-4-0 record on the road. The Avalanche have scored 64 total goals (4.3 per game) to rank first in the league.

The matchup Tuesday is the first meeting this season between the two teams.

TOP PERFORMERS: Zachary Kenneth Werenski has 10 assists for the Blue Jackets. Kent Johnson has six goals and four assists over the past 10 games.

Artturi Lehkonen has 12 goals and five assists for the Avalanche. Martin Necas has scored five goals with eight assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jackets: 4-6-0, averaging 2.1 goals, four assists, 3.2 penalties and 8.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.

Avalanche: 6-3-1, averaging 3.8 goals, 7.2 assists, 3.7 penalties and 9.1 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game.

INJURIES: Blue Jackets: Isac Lundestrom: out (achilles).

Avalanche: Zachary L'Heureux: out (upper body), Josh Manson: out (lower body).

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

Avalanche COL

Blue Jackets CBJ

Predictions

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Central Division

Last 5

Game Info

First Goal Scorer

Goals

Points

Assists

Shots on Goal

Colorado brings 3-game win streak into matchup against Columbus

Players Mentioned

Josh Manson

Martin Necas

Kent Johnson