nhl Game Recap
Avalanche vs Wild Final: 5-4 - Recap
The Avalanche beat Minnesota 5-4 on Monday, earning a victory backstopped by Philipp Grubauer's 21 saves.
Colorado was favored by -175 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Colorado got goals from Gabriel Landeskog, Brandon Saad, Andre Burakovsky, Nathan MacKinnon, and J.T. Compher in the victory. MacKinnon opened the scoring at 0:18 of the second period.
Philipp Grubauer stopped 21 of 25 Minnesota shots in the victory.
Minnesota got goals from Marcus Johansson, Kevin Fiala, Ryan Hartman, and Nick Bjugstad in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Minnesota got a 31-stop effort from Cam Talbot in the loss.
Colorado scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Minnesota went 2-for-6 with the man advantage.
Minnesota lost the shots on goal battle to Colorado by a margin of 36-25.