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Colorado Avalanche vs Florida Panthers Recap - Panthers Win 4-1

Florida skated to a 4-1 victory over Colorado on Thursday in NHL action at FLA Live Arena.

Florida was favored by -123 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 7.0.

Sam Bennett, Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Reinhart, and Anton Lundell each scored for the Panthers in the victory. Reinhart opened the scoring for Florida.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 of 31 Colorado shots in the victory.

Mikko Rantanen scored for the Avalanche, finding the net behind Sergei Bobrovsky.

Jonas Johansson stopped 34 of 37 shots for the Avalanche, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Florida went 1-for-5, while the Avalanche were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Colorado lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 38-31.

Next game, Florida takes its act on the road to face Philadelphia looking for another win. For Colorado, they head on the road to face Tampa Bay.