{"id":467920,"date":"2025-05-01T10:58:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=467920"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T14:59:02","slug":"nhl-predictions-may-1-dallas-stars-vs-colorado-avalanche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/05\/01\/nhl-predictions-may-1-dallas-stars-vs-colorado-avalanche\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Predictions: May 1 Dallas Stars vs Colorado Avalanche"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to another NHL Predictions. Each day our writers here at\u00a0Last Word on Hockey<\/em>\u00a0look at the games and give in-depth analysis. Our team breaks down the key matchups, storylines, and stats, then makes predictions based on how they might play out. For this edition, we will look at the\u00a0Dallas Stars\u00a0<\/a>taking on the\u00a0Colorado Avalanche.<\/a> Don\u2019t forget to check out more\u00a0NHL Predictions<\/a>,\u00a0as our writers continue this series throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n

NHL Predictions<\/h2>\n

Vegas Golden Knights vs Minnesota Wild<\/h3>\n

Series Head-to-Head: Golden Knights 3-2 Wild<\/h4>\n

Time:<\/strong> 7:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> ESPN, SN 360, TVAS2; Scripps Vegas; Fan Duel Sports North<\/p>\n

We open up NHL predictions with Game 6 between the Vegas Golden Knights and Minnesota Wild. Vegas is expected to go with Adin Hill<\/a> in goal for this possible clinching game. However, always check social media before locking in a daily fantasy starter. The Golden Knights got an overtime-winner from Brett Howden<\/a> to give them a chance to clinch. Tomas Hertl<\/a> leads the team in points with five, but Jack Eichel<\/a> has come alive after a slow start.<\/p>\n

Filip Gustavsson<\/a> is projected to the lineup after missing Game 5 to illness. However, Marc-Andre Fleury<\/a> is ready to go if he needs to step in. Kirill Kaprizov<\/a> has been great this post-season with nine points while Matt Boldy<\/a> has been great as well. Ryan Hartman<\/a> has also played well, but the Wild need to find that gear in order force a winner-take-all Game 7.<\/p>\n

Minnesota has put everything it has in this series. However, Vegas books its spot in the next round and await the winner of the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> and Los Angeles Kings<\/a> series.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Golden Knights win 4-3.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dallas Stars vs Colorado Avalanche<\/h3>\n

Series Head-to-Head: Stars 3-2 Avalanche<\/h4>\n

Time:<\/strong>\u00a09:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong> TBS, SN East, SN 360, TVAS, Victory, Altitude; Max<\/p>\n

Our last game<\/a> of NHL predictions is our featured matchup between the Stars and Avalanche. Dallas will start Jake Oettinger<\/a> in net, as it has a chance to clinch a spot in round two. The Stars didn’t take long to get a lead they’d never relinquish in Game 5. Wyatt Johnston<\/a> scored the game-opener nine seconds in and leads the club with five points. Thomas Harley<\/a> has played well from the blueline and has four points.<\/p>\n

Mackenzie Blackwood<\/a> will likely draw the start, but has to play better if the Avs have any designs on forcing a Game 7. Nathan MacKinnon<\/a> has been his excellent self with the team’s lead in points with seven. Logan O’Connor<\/a> is next in line with five points. However, they’ll need production from other sources if the Avalanche want to stave off elimination.<\/p>\n

Colorado has been strong at home this season and will bounce back to force that big Game 7.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Avalanche win 4-3.<\/em><\/p>\n

Prop Bets of the Night<\/h3>\n

We round off NHL predictions with some prop bets of the night. The over\/under for this game is 6.5 and we think this game gets over the line just barely.<\/p>\n

For individual props, take Johnston to get at least a power-play point for Dallas. For Colorado, take Cale Makar<\/a> to get the over on 0.5 assists for this game.<\/p>\n

Main photo by: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n

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Welcome back to another NHL Predictions. Each day our writers here at\u00a0Last Word on Hockey\u00a0look at the games and give in-depth analysis. Our team breaks down the key matchups, storylines, and stats, then makes predictions based on how they might play out. For this edition, we will look at the\u00a0Dallas Stars\u00a0taking on the\u00a0Colorado Avalanche. Don\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":467926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29,4547,4548,4524],"tags":[8133,6085,6124,6012,6019],"class_list":["post-467920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avalanche","category-stars","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-nhl-predictions","tag-2025-stanley-cup-playoffs","tag-colorado-avalanche-predictions","tag-dallas-stars-predictions","tag-minnesota-wild-predictions","tag-vegas-golden-knights-predictions"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467920"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":467931,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467920\/revisions\/467931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}