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Edmonton Oilers at Colorado Avalanche: game preview

EdmontonOilers2026-27: 2-0-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 41-30-11 · 93 pts · 14that

ColoradoAvalanche2026-27: 2-0-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 55-16-11 · 121 pts · 1st

Puck drop26 Jan · 9:00 PM ET

VenueBall Arena

All-time meetings159 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Twenty-eight points apart last season

Edmonton finished last season 14th in the league on 93 points. Colorado finished 1st on 121.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 160

Across 159 completed games, Colorado lead the head-to-head 93-57-9.

All-time record93-57-9Colorado's record in the series

Meetings played159This is number 160

2025-26 series—

Last 53-2Colorado

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

13 Apr 2026COL 2 – EDM 1 SO——COL

10 Mar 2026EDM 4 – COL 3——EDM

8 Nov 2025COL 9 – EDM 1——COL

7 Feb 2025COL 5 – EDM 4——COL

16 Jan 2025EDM 4 – COL 3——EDM

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateEdmontonColorado

8 Nov 20256-6-4 · 16 pts24th9-1-5 · 23 pts1st

10 Mar 202632-25-8 · 72 pts16th43-11-9 · 95 pts1st

13 Apr 202640-30-11 · 91 pts16th53-16-11 · 117 pts1st

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 8 Nov 2025, Edmonton were 24th in the league and Colorado 1st. By 13 Apr 2026 it was 16th and 1st.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Colorado out-attempted Edmonton 213 to 161

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Edmonton Oilers

161 att · 79 on goal · 6 G · 7.6%

Crease19 att · 1 G

Slot52 att · 3 G

Wing71 att · 2 G

Point13 att · 0 G

Neutral zone6 att · 0 G

Colorado Avalanche

213 att · 96 on goal · 13 G · 13.5%

Crease20 att · 2 G

Slot101 att · 6 G

Wing63 att · 4 G

Point27 att · 1 G

Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Colorado have created the better chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

EdmontonColorado

3.31xG for per game3.16

2.10xG against per game2.55

61.2%xG share55.4%

+7.1FinishingGoals minus expected goals+7.7

−7.7GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+0.1

This season: 3 games for Edmonton, 2 for Colorado. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →

Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Edmonton

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2725.0%

Power play · 2025-2630.6% · 1st

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2757.1%

Penalty kill · 2025-2677.8% · 20th

Faceoffs · 2026-2751.7% · 91/176

Drawn · 2026-2712 (4.00/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-277 (2.33/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Colorado

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2744.4%

Power play · 2025-2617.1% · 27th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-27100.0%

Penalty kill · 2025-2684.6% · 1st

Faceoffs · 2026-2746.8% · 58/124

Drawn · 2026-279 (4.50/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-276 (3.00/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Edmonton

Expected starter after their game on 23 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Colorado

Expected starter after their game on 24 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Edmonton crease

EDM · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 23 Jan

Devon Levi.8102 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx −3.6

Tristan Jarry.7391 GP · 0-0-1 · GSAx −4.1

No appearances against Colorado in the last meetings.

Colorado crease

COL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 23 Jan

Mackenzie Blackwood.9122 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx +0.1

No appearances against Edmonton in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.9 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

13 Apr 20263 · COL 2–1 EDM

10 Mar 20267 · EDM 4–3 COL

8 Nov 202510 · COL 9–1 EDM

7 Feb 20259 · COL 5–4 EDM

16 Jan 20257 · EDM 4–3 COL

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA

Edmonton5.674.673.443.28

Colorado7.002.503.682.48

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.9Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings7.2Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

13 on the injury lists

Edmonton · injuries

Alec RegulaUndisclosedIRReturn24 Oct

Atro LeppanenUndisclosedIRReturn17 Oct

Frederik AndersenKneeIRReturn30 Dec

James StefanUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct

Jason DickinsonFootIRReturn7 Oct

Matt SavoieLower BodyIRReturn24 Nov

Mattias JanmarkUndisclosedIRReturn15 Oct

Ryan Nugent-HopkinsLower BodyIRReturn13 Oct

Zach HymanUndisclosedOutReturn17 Oct

Colorado · injuries

Georgii MerkulovUndisclosedIRReturn16 Oct

Logan O'ConnorLower BodyIRReturn7 Oct

Trent MinerUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct

Zachary L'HeureuxLower BodyIRReturn7 Oct

Latest moves

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1 Oct · EDM

Placed F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve. Placed D Alec Regula on long-term injured reserve. Recalled F Josh Samanski under emergency conditions.

27 Sep · EDM

Placed G Matt Tomkins on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield (AHL).

25 Sep · EDM

Loaned D Tomas Cibulka, Fs Connor Clattenburg, Quinn Hutson, Viljami Marjala, William Nicholl and Aku Raty and G Connor Ungar to Bakersfield (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield Ds Josh Brown and Riley Stillman and F Eduards Tralmaks.

27 Sep · COL

Placed LD Keaton Middleton, LD Wyatt Aamodt, RW/LW Fabian Lysell, C Vinnie Hinostroza, LW Adam Beckman and LW Tristen Nielsen on waivers.

27 Sep · COL

Placed D Keaton Middleton, D Wyatt Aamodt, LW Fabian Lysell, C Vinnie Hinostroza, LW Adam Beckman and G Mads Sogaard Nielsen on waivers.

25 Sep · COL

Reassigned Ds Domenick Fensore, Saige Weinstein and Christian Wolanin to Colorado (AHL).

Injury report

Edmonton · 2026 draft

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#58Rudolfs BerzkalnsRound 2 · MuskegonC

#84Malcom GastrinRound 3 · Modo Jr.LW

#133Andrew RobinsonRound 5 · WindsorD

#180Caden HarveyRound 6 · WindsorC

Full draft

Colorado · 2026 draft

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#43Egor ShilovRound 2 · VictoriavilleC

#74Beckett HamiltonRound 3 · Red DeerC

#126Tobias TvrznikRound 4 · WenatcheeG

#128Axel ElofssonRound 4 · Orebro Jr.D

Full draft

Tuesday 26 January · the full slate

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Edmonton Oilers at Colorado Avalanche: game preview

Twenty-eight points apart last season

Meeting number 160

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

Colorado out-attempted Edmonton 213 to 161

Edmonton Oilers

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Edmonton

Colorado

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

Edmonton crease

Colorado crease

Scoring rates point to about 6.9 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

13 on the injury lists

Edmonton · injuries

Colorado · injuries

Latest moves

Edmonton · 2026 draft

Colorado · 2026 draft

Tuesday 26 January · the full slate