nhl Game Recap
Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche Recap - Avalanche Win 3-1
Colorado skated to a 3-1 victory over Nashville on Saturday in NHL action at Ball Arena.
The Avalanche were a -161 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 5.5.
Colorado got goals from Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar, and Alex Newhook in the victory. Rantanen opened the scoring at 8:38 of the second period.
Alexandar Georgiev turned in a 25-save effort for the Avalanche.
Matt Duchene scored for the Predators, finding the net behind Alexandar Georgiev.
Juuse Saros stopped 27 of 29 shots for the Predators, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Colorado scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Nashville went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Colorado outshot Nashville 30-26 in the game.
Colorado heads into a battle against the Islanders. Nashville, meanwhile, will have their next action against Edmonton.