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Recap - Avalanche Defeat Vegas 3-2

Philipp Grubauer stopped 39 shots against Vegas on Wednesday, leading Colorado to a 3-2 victory at Ball Arena.

The Avalanche were a -177 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 5.5.

Colorado got goals from Tyson Jost, Brandon Saad, and Mikko Rantanen in the victory. Saad opened the scoring at 3:39 of the first period.

Philipp Grubauer turned in a 39-save effort for the Avalanche.

Alec Martinez, and Reilly Smith scored for the Golden Knights, finding the net behind Philipp Grubauer.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 22 of 25 shots for the Golden Knights, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Colorado went 2-for-6, while the Golden Knights were 1-for-3 with the man advantage.

Colorado lost the shots on goal battle to Vegas by a margin of 41-25.