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Colorado Ices Ottawa 5-4 - Recap
The Avalanche beat Ottawa 5-4 on Thursday, earning a victory backstopped by Jonas Johansson's 32 saves.
Colorado was favored by -108 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Colorado got goals from Evan Rodrigues, Cale Makar, Lars Eller, Valeri Nichushkin, and Mikko Rantanen in the victory. Makar opened the scoring at 2:35 of the first period.
Jonas Johansson turned in a 32-save effort for the Avalanche.
Ottawa got goals from Brady Tkachuk, Drake Batherson, Shane Pinto, and Travis Hamonic in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Ottawa got a 25-stop effort from Mads Sogaard in the loss.
On the power play, Colorado went 1-for-3, while the Senators were 2-for-5 with the man advantage.
Colorado lost the shots on goal battle to Ottawa by a margin of 36-30.
Next game, Colorado takes its act on the road to face Detroit looking for another win. For Ottawa, they head home to face Toronto.