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Colorado Avalanche vs Montreal Canadiens Recap - Avalanche Win 3-2

Pavel Francouz stopped 39 of 41 shots fired at him by Montreal, as the Avalanche skated to a 3-2 victory Thursday at Bell Centre.

The Avalanche were a -113 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 6.5.

Colorado got goals from Matt Calvert, Gabriel Landeskog, and Ryan Graves in the victory. Graves opened the scoring at 6:13 of the first period.

Pavel Francouz stopped 39 of 41 Montreal shots in the victory.

Brendan Gallagher, and Nick Cousins scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Pavel Francouz.

Cayden Primeau stopped 32 of 35 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Colorado went 0-for-3, while the Canadiens were 1-for-3 with the man advantage.

Montreal outshot Colorado 41-35 in the game.

Next game, Colorado takes its act on the road to face Boston looking for another win. For Montreal, they head on the road to face NY Rangers.