nhl Game Recap
Recap - Avalanche Defeat Minnesota 3-2
Alexandar Georgiev made 41 stops Wednesday to lead the Avalanche over the Wild 3-2 at Xcel Energy Center.
Colorado was an underdog by +104 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Colorado got goals from Denis Malgin, Andrew Cogliano, and Nathan MacKinnon in the victory. Cogliano opened the scoring at 15:14 of the first period.
Alexandar Georgiev stopped 41 of 43 Minnesota shots in the victory.
Minnesota got goals from Joel Eriksson Ek, and Kirill Kaprizov in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 16 of 19 shots for the Wild, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Colorado scored 0 times on 1 chances on the power play, while Minnesota went 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
Minnesota outshot Colorado 43-19 in the game.
Colorado heads into a battle against the Blues. Minnesota, meanwhile, will have their next action against Dallas.