nhl Game Recap
Avalanche Fall 5-4 Against Florida - Game Recap
Florida earned a 5-4 victory over Colorado behind a 2-goal performance from Matthew Tkachuk on Tuesday at Ball Arena.
The Panthers were a +118 underdog in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.
Florida got goals from Matthew Tkachuk(2), Aleksander Barkov, Brandon Montour, and Sam Bennett in the victory. Barkov opened the scoring at 9:07 of the first period.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 of 31 Colorado shots in the victory.
Colorado got goals from Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, J.T. Compher, and Andrew Cogliano in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Alexandar Georgiev stopped 31 of 36 shots for the Avalanche, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Florida scored 2 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Colorado went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Colorado lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 36-31.
Florida heads into a battle against the Golden Knights. Colorado, meanwhile, will have their next action against Chicago.