nhl Game Recap
Colorado Ices Columbus 5-1 - Recap
The Avalanche earned a 5-1 victory over the Blue Jackets on Saturday at Nokia Arena.
Colorado won as a -233 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 6.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
Colorado got goals from Alex Newhook, Devon Toews, Martin Kaut, Logan O'Connor, and Artturi Lehkonen in the victory. Lehkonen opened the scoring at 0:33 of the first period.
Alexandar Georgiev stopped 31 of 32 Columbus shots in the victory.
Columbus got a goal from Boone Jenner in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Joonas Korpisalo stopped 40 of 45 shots for the Blue Jackets, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Colorado scored 0 times on 1 chances on the power play, while Columbus went 1-for-1 with the man advantage.
Colorado outshot Columbus 45-32 in the game.
Next game, Colorado takes its act home to face Nashville looking for another win. For Columbus, they head home to face Philadelphia.