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Recap - Avalanche Defeat New York 4-2

Colorado earned a 4-2 victory over New York behind a 2-goal performance from Valeri Nichushkin on Tuesday at Ball Arena.

Colorado won as a -188 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played PUSH the total of 6.0 were rewarded at the payout window.

Valeri Nichushkin(2), Cale Makar, and Mikko Rantanen each scored for the Avalanche in the victory. Rantanen opened the scoring for Colorado.

Darcy Kuemper stopped 26 of 28 New York shots in the victory.

New York got goals from Julien Gauthier, and Ryan Strome in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

New York got a 27-stop effort from Alexandar Georgiev in the loss.

On the power play, Colorado went 1-for-6, while the Rangers were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

New York lost the shots on goal battle to Colorado by a margin of 31-28.

Next game, Colorado takes its act on the road to face Nashville looking for another win. For New York, they head on the road to face Arizona.