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NY Rangers (10-9-2) at Colorado (13-1-5)
- When: Nov 20 2025, 9:00 PM
- Where: Ball Arena, Denver, CO, USA
- TV: KUSA
NY Rangers vs Colorado NHL Preview & Pick
Moneyline: Colorado -215
Spread: Colorado -1.5 (+117)
Total: 6.5
Colorado Avalanche: The Wedgewall Era
Colorado thought they were just grabbing a reliable insurance policy behind Mackenzie Blackwood. Instead, Scott Wedgewood turned into some sort of goaltending cryptid, stopping pucks using whatever technique he found lying around the rink. Butterfly? Hybrid? Yoga? Whatever. It works.
He is a ridiculous 11-1-2 with a 2.17 goals against average, and at this point Jared Bednar’s biggest headache is choosing which goalie to roll with, not how to hide one. Wedgewood has already earned praise from Patrick Roy, which is like Gordon Ramsay saying your cooking isn’t burnt.
Offensively, the Avalanche continue to operate like the cheat code nobody patched. Nathan MacKinnon leads the entire league in scoring with 33 points, and he’s doing it with the swagger of a man who knows defenders are just props in his highlight reel. Cale Makar remains the NHL’s most dangerous defenseman, a walking Power Play Machine who casually puts up point totals that forwards envy.
Colorado has banked six straight wins, outscored half the league in the month, and generally looks like a team that might score by accident even if everyone closed their eyes.
With 78 goals to lead the NHL, this team is basically a goal factory. MacKinnon upstairs. Makar in the lab. Wedgewood shipping packages out the back with guaranteed delivery.
New York Rangers: Searching for the Goal Button
The Rangers are riding into Denver at an awkward time, dropping two straight and beginning a stretch where seven of their next nine games are on the road. Nothing screams “fun times” like trying to rediscover your scoring while touring different time zones.
They have only 52 goals this season, good for 28th in the league, which is basically hockey purgatory. Artemi Panarin leads the team with 19 points, but everyone else looks like they’re trying to reassemble IKEA scoring chances without the instruction manual.
J.T. Miller, a former 103-point machine, now has four goals in 21 games and openly admits that if he produced at even a semi-normal level, New York’s record would look way better. Respect the honesty, but points still aren’t showing up on the spreadsheet.
The Rangers can defend, they can work, they can grind… but keeping up with Colorado’s pace right now is like trying to drag race a lawnmower against a Ferrari.
Betting Angle and Prediction
Colorado is the Moneyline favorite at -215 and the total sits at 6.5. The Avalanche have the firepower, the goaltending edge, and more confidence than they know what to do with. New York simply lacks the scoring punch to go blow-for-blow in Denver.
High pace, high pressure, and another night where Wedgewood makes at least three saves that break basic physics.
Score Prediction: Avalanche 5, Rangers 2
Pick: Colorado -1.5 (+117)
Total: Over 6.5 (+102)
- NHL Odds source: Bovada Sportsbook
