The Colorado Avalanche host the Winnipeg Jets in a Central Division tilt this evening.
Colorado is, by a significant margin, the best team in hockey, but my Jets vs. Avalanche predictions expect Winnipeg to keep this game close.
Read on for my NHL picks for Friday, December 19.
Jets vs Avalanche prediction
Jets vs Avalanche best bet: Jets +1.5 (-120)
There is no denying that the Colorado Avalanche are the best team in hockey. That said, there is one reason to believe the Winnipeg Jets can at least keep this game close: goaltender Connor Hellebuyck.
Last season, Hellebuyck became the first goaltender to win the Hart Memorial Trophy since Carey Price a decade earlier. He also took home the Vezina Trophy, marking the third time he has won the award for best goaltender over the past six years.
Simply put, the Jets’ netminder is the best in the world. If anyone can limit Colorado’s damage, it is Hellebuyck.
In fact, he dominated the Avs last season. Over the past three games against Colorado, Hellebuyck is 3-0 with a nearly perfect .976 save percentage and a 0.67 goals-against average.
He produced two shutouts over that stretch, and he can surely keep Winnipeg in this game regardless of how overpowering this Avs team has been this year.
Jets vs Avalanche same-game parlay
Winnipeg will also need some goal production if it is to keep this game close. Enter Gabriel Vilardi, who enters this contest in dominant form with 10 goals over his past 14 games.
There is also a strong correlation with Kyle Connor recording an assist, given that he skates alongside Vilardi on the first line and has assisted on each of Vilardi’s past five goals.
Jets vs Avalanche SGP
- Jets +1.5
- Gabriel Vilardi anytime goalscorer
- Kyle Connor 1+ assists
Jets vs Avalanche odds
- Moneyline: Jets +200 | Avalanche -250
- Puck Line: Jets +1.5 (-120) | Avalanche -1.5 (+100)
- Over/Under: Over 6 (-110) | Under 6 (-110)
Jets vs Avalanche trend
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How to watch Jets vs Avalanche
| Location | Ball Arena, Denver, CO |
| Date | Friday, December 19, 2025 |
| Puck drop | 9:00 p.m. ET |
| TV | TSN 3, ALT |
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