Avalanche @ Blue Jackets

Tue, Nov 3, 2026

Blue Jackets 7, Avalanche 2

Each number is over (+) or under (−) what the team’s opponents usually allow, a game.

Who put up numbers

What was true going in. Each line says how it stood up, and how it came out.

The Blue Jackets' goals were 0.74 higher at home than away against expected over their last 165 games, 1st of 32 teams.fact · rankedthe split →This game: 3.86 over expected.

The Avalanche had won 4 straight at home.streakthe runs →This game didn’t count toward it.

Against a team over .500, the Blue Jackets' goals were 1.38 under expected in 3 games. 3 games is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.thinthe split →This game: 3.86 over expected.
On a back-to-back, the Avalanche's power-play goals were 0.69 under expected in 3 games. 3 games is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.thinthe split →This game: 0.25 over expected.
On the road, the Avalanche's power-play goals were 0.41 under expected in 7 games. 7 games is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.thinthe split →This game: 0.25 over expected.

Over or under is each game against what the opponent usually allowed, or usually scored, in its other games that season, with half the home edge, averaged over the team’s games. The five biggest numbers in the league either way are lit.
“This season” and the analysis are the games through Nov 2, the day before, so the page says what was true going in. “This game” is the night’s own numbers against expected.
Goals are the final score’s: a shootout gives its winner one goal, as the standings count it. Shots are shots on goal, and power-play goals allowed are the opponent’s.
A game with no box score sits out.