nhl Game Recap
Colorado Ices St. Louis 5-3 - Recap
The Blues came up short Tuesday against the Avalanche, falling 5-3.
The Avalanche were a -165 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.5.
Colorado got goals from Nazem Kadri, Josh Manson, Erik Johnson, Artturi Lehkonen, and Valeri Nichushkin in the victory. Nichushkin opened the scoring at 2:38 of the second period.
Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 of 32 St. Louis shots in the victory.
St. Louis got goals from Ryan O'Reilly(2), and Brandon Saad in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
St. Louis got a 29-stop effort from Jordan Binnington in the loss.
Colorado scored 0 times on 3 chances on the power play, while St. Louis went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
St. Louis lost the shots on goal battle to Colorado by a margin of 34-32.
Next game, Colorado takes its act home to face Nashville looking for another win. For St. Louis, they head home to face Vegas.