nhl Game Recap
Colorado Ices Florida 7-4 - Recap
Jonathan Drouin scored a pair of goals against the Panthers as Colorado handed Florida a 7-4 defeat on Saturday at Amerant Bank Arena.
Colorado was an underdog by +115 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Jonathan Drouin(2), Mikko Rantanen, Logan O'Connor, Samuel Girard, Oliver Kylington, and Valeri Nichushkin each scored for the Avalanche in the victory. Drouin opened the scoring for Colorado.
Alexandar Georgiev stopped 27 of 31 Florida shots in the victory.
Florida got goals from Anton Lundell, Aleksander Barkov, Carter Verhaeghe, and Sam Reinhart in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 18 of 24 shots for the Panthers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Colorado scored 0 times on 1 chances on the power play, while Florida went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Colorado lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 31-25.
Colorado heads into a battle against the Lightning. Florida, meanwhile, will have their next action against Washington.