nhl Game Recap
Colorado Avalanche vs Washington Capitals Wrap - Colorado Wins 6-3
The Avalanche earned a 6-3 victory over the Capitals on Monday at Capital One Arena.
Colorado was an underdog by +121 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Matt Nieto, Nazem Kadri, Nathan MacKinnon, Nikita Zadorov, Erik Johnson, and Mikko Rantanen each scored for the Avalanche in the victory. Johnson opened the scoring for Colorado.
Philipp Grubauer stopped 29 of 32 Washington shots in the victory.
Washington got goals from Lars Eller, T.J. Oshie, and Alex Ovechkin in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Ilya Samsonov stopped 19 of 21 shots for the Capitals, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Colorado scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Washington went 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
Colorado lost the shots on goal battle to Washington by a margin of 32-25.
Colorado heads into a battle against the Penguins. Washington, meanwhile, will have their next action against Toronto.