nhl Game Recap
Avalanche Down Minnesota 5-1 - Match Report
The Avalanche earned a 5-1 victory over the Wild on Saturday at Xcel Energy Center.
Colorado was favored by -153 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Colorado got goals from Brandon Saad, Logan O'Connor, Joonas Donskoi, J.T. Compher, and Mikko Rantanen in the victory. O'Connor opened the scoring at 3:02 of the first period.
Philipp Grubauer turned in a 19-save effort for the Avalanche.
Matt Dumba scored for the Wild, finding the net behind Philipp Grubauer.
Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 28 of 33 shots for the Wild, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Colorado scored 2 times on 7 chances on the power play, while Minnesota went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Colorado outshot Minnesota 33-20 in the game.