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Ball Arena, Colorado
Indoor
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 7:00 PM ET
Toronto Maple Leafs
2-2LWLW
VS
Colorado Avalanche
2-1 · 2-0 at homeWWL

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction & Picks · Sat 10 Oct

Our model graded 8 markets for Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche and backs Toronto Maple Leafs 1.5 hardest, a strong call, and $100 on it returns about $158.

8
Game markets graded
0
Props graded
The model's one call for this gamethe prediction, first Free
Toronto Maple Leafs
with a 1.5-goal head start
Toronto Maple Leafs 1.5 Spread
You bet$10 If it wins$15.81Best price-172
Our confidenceHigh
Chance to win77.1%
The price says63.3%

The model graded 8 markets for Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche (NHL) and this is the one it backs hardest — HIGH confidence. A $100 bet returns about $158 if it lands. This one is free — every other market and all player props are Pro. Tip-off Sat 10 Oct 2026, 7:00 PM ET at Ball Arena.

This game's bets

The rest of this game's boardgraded market by market
Spread Toronto Maple Leafs 1.5 High77% chance -172
Spread Members only Lean51% chance Members
Moneyline Members only High73% chance Members
3-Way Moneyline Members only Long-shot31% chance Members
Puck Lines Members only High99% chance Members
Total Goals Members only Lean54% chance Members
High = 60%+ chance to win · Lean = 40–60% · Long-shot = under 40%
Colorado Avalanche are the model's favourite to beat Toronto Maple Leafs, with a 73% chance to win. Kick-off Sat 10 Oct, 7:00 PM ET at Ball Arena. Best bet: Toronto Maple Leafs 1.5 at -172.
How they've been scoring this season
Toronto Maple LeafsColorado Avalanche
Won-lost2-22-1
Goals scored per game2.85.3
Goals allowed per game2.82.7
On the road / at home–2-0 at home
Last 5 gamesLWLWWWL
Their games average 6.8 total goals this season.
From the 4 Toronto Maple Leafs and 3 Colorado Avalanche games on our books this season.
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How the price moved

When prices opened: Avalanche about 6 in 10 to win. Now: about 6 in 10. About where it opened.

Best price and how much the bookies keep

Who wins
TeamMarket's chanceFair priceBest price
Leafsabout 4 in 10$2.84 (+184)$2.80 (+180)
Avalancheabout 6 in 10$1.54 (-185)$1.50 (-200)

On this game the bookies keep about $4.20 of every $100 bet on who wins, going by the 25 books we check.

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Game picks

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Spread
Toronto Maple Leafs
+1.5
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Calibrated model vs market

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PickMarketModel lean
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Market intelligence for this game

Line move · best book · closing line
The market sharpened toward Colorado Avalanche on this game.

Line movement

▲ moved toward Colorado Avalanche
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Best price right now

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Derived from a multi-book scan — we publish the direction, the best-book name and our derived value only, never a raw per-book odds board.

Injuries & who's out

Injuries & availability

Toronto Maple Leafs

  • John Tavares COut
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson DDay-to-day
  • Dakota Joshua COut
  • Max Domi COut
  • Cade Webber DOut
  • Elvis Merzlikins GOut
  • William Villeneuve DOut

Colorado Avalanche

  • Logan O'Connor RWOut
  • Trent Miner GOut
  • Georgii Merkulov COut
Availability updated Oct 9, 9:33PM UTC — some NHL rows may be stale between updates. · refreshed roughly every 4 hours.

Weather & injury impact for this fixture

Conditions · who's out · how it moves the number
For Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche: Weather isn't a tracked factor for this fixture, and 10 players are listed out or questionable across both sides.
FactorThis fixture
Availability10 listed out or questionable (see Who's out above)

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Same game parlay

Written 10 Oct

Colorado Avalanche vs Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction & Same Game Parlay picks

On Saturday 10 October 2026, Colorado Avalanche play Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL. Our model likes 3 bets here. The one it likes most is Colorado Avalanche win, priced at -204 when we wrote this. Here is the thinking behind each pick, in plain English.

Colorado Avalanche vs Toronto Maple Leafs: Colorado Avalanche win (-204)

Odds correct at time of publishing

Colorado Avalanche play Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL. The bet we are looking at is Colorado Avalanche win. That is a Head to Head bet. It was priced at -204 when we wrote this, so a $10 bet returns $14.90 if it lands. Our model rates this one a strong pick. Prices move, so check the price at your bookmaker before you back it. And if this one does not feel right to you, skipping it is a perfectly good move.

Colorado Avalanche vs Toronto Maple Leafs: Over 6.5 Total Goals (-110)

Odds correct at time of publishing

Colorado Avalanche play Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL. The bet we are looking at is Over 6.5 Total Goals. It was priced at -110 when we wrote this, so a $10 bet returns $19.10 if it lands. Our model rates this one a lean pick. Prices move, so check the price at your bookmaker before you back it. And if this one does not feel right to you, skipping it is a perfectly good move.

Colorado Avalanche vs Toronto Maple Leafs: Colorado Avalanche -1.5 (+124)

Odds correct at time of publishing

Colorado Avalanche play Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL. The bet we are looking at is Colorado Avalanche -1.5. That is a Spread bet. It was priced at +124 when we wrote this, so a $10 bet returns $22.40 if it lands. Our model rates this one a lean pick. Prices move, so check the price at your bookmaker before you back it. And if this one does not feel right to you, skipping it is a perfectly good move.

That is how our model reads Colorado Avalanche v Toronto Maple Leafs. Prices move, so check the price at your bookmaker before you back anything. And if a game does not feel right to you, the strongest move is to skip it -- there is another one tomorrow.

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Betting angles

2 markets live
MoneylineModel leans Colorado Avalanche-204
73%model win %
3-2last 5 record
GF/G4.8GA/G2.6Shots/G30.0vs Leafs2-3

Model leans Colorado Avalanche to win, a 73% moneyline pick over Toronto Maple Leafs.

Puck LineColorado Avalanche -1.5No line posted
3-2last 5 record
GF/G4.8GA/G2.6Shots/G30.0vs Leafs2-3

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Colorado Avalanche puck-line (spread) model lean and cover form.

Total GoalsGame totalO 6.5 -110
54%model over %

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Colorado Avalanche O 6.5 goals — model 54% over.

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Colorado Avalanche — what the model found

Our model graded 8 betting markets for Toronto Maple Leafs at Colorado Avalanche — 8 on the game itself and 0 on individual players. One pick is free on this page.

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Game markets graded

The model checked every betting market for this game and graded 8 of them. One pick is free on this page — the one the model likes most. Scroll down to see it.

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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche — recent results

Colorado Avalanche have won 3 of their last 5 games; Toronto Maple Leafs have won 3 of their last 5.

Colorado Avalanche — last 5
ResultScoreOpponentWhere
L2–3WPGAway
W6–1STLHome
W8–4LAHome
W5–2WPGHome
L0–2UTAAway
Toronto Maple Leafs — last 5
ResultScoreOpponentWhere
W5–4NSHHome
L2–3OTTHome
W2–1NYIHome
L2–3MTLHome
W4–2OTTAway

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche — recent meetings

These two have met 2 times recently: Colorado Avalanche won 1, Toronto Maple Leafs won 1.

DateColorado AvalancheToronto Maple LeafsWinner
Jan 2541Colorado Avalanche
Jan 1334Toronto Maple Leafs

Who’s out or in doubt

10 players are listed as out or in doubt for this game.

Colorado Avalanche
PlayerStatus
Logan O'Connor RWOUT
Trent Miner GOUT
Georgii Merkulov COUT
Toronto Maple Leafs
PlayerStatus
John Tavares COUT
Oliver Ekman-Larsson DDAY-TO-DAY
Dakota Joshua COUT
Max Domi COUT
Cade Webber DOUT
Elvis Merzlikins GOUT
William Villeneuve DOUT

The full availability report — with what each missing player means for the bets — is further down this page.

Toronto Maple Leafs @ Colorado Avalanche — where the money went

Since betting opened on Toronto Maple Leafs at Colorado Avalanche, the market has moved toward Colorado Avalanche across the main game markets.

BetWhat the money did
Spread — Colorado Avalanche -1.5▲ Money came for this
Moneyline — Toronto Maple Leafs▼ Money drifted off this
Spread — Toronto Maple Leafs 1.5▼ Money drifted off this
Moneyline — Colorado Avalanche▲ Money came for this
Total Points — Under 6.5▼ Money drifted off this
Total Points — Over 6.5▲ Money came for this
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Toronto Maple Leafs @ Colorado Avalanche — model preview

Colorado Avalanche v Toronto Maple Leafs, 10 October 2026. Top of the list: Colorado Avalanche win. Our model likes 3 bets in this game.

On Saturday 10 October 2026, Colorado Avalanche play Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL. Our model likes 3 bets here. The one it likes most is Colorado Avalanche win, priced at -204 when we wrote this. Here is the thinking behind each pick, in plain English.

Colorado Avalanche vs Toronto Maple Leafs: Colorado Avalanche win (-204)

Odds correct at time of publishing

Colorado Avalanche play Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL. The bet we are looking at is Colorado Avalanche win. That is a Head to Head bet. It was priced at -204 when we wrote this, so a $10 bet returns $14.90 if it lands. Our model rates this one a strong pick. Prices move, so check the price at your bookmaker before you back it. And if this one does not feel right to you, skipping it is a perfectly good move.

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About this matchup

How we read the game

This page tracks the Bet Better model's pick history and predictions for Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche in the NHL. You may also see this matchup written as Leafs vs Avalanche, or as Avalanche vs Leafs. The next scheduled game is Saturday 10 October 2026 at Ball Arena. The model has generated 8 game picks for this matchup. Review the picks and historical data above to guide your NHL betting strategy for this matchup.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche head-to-head record

Final scores · 2 meetings on record
Even at 1–1 across the last 2 meetings

Last meeting: Sun 25 Jan 2026, Colorado Avalanche at Toronto Maple Leafs: the Avalanche won 4-1.

DateGameScoreWinner
25 Jan 2026Colorado Avalanche @ Toronto Maple Leafs1–4Colorado Avalanche
13 Jan 2026Toronto Maple Leafs @ Colorado Avalanche3–4Toronto Maple Leafs
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