nhl Game Recap
Avalanche Down Utah 5-1 - Match Report
Colorado skated to a 5-1 victory over Utah on Thursday in NHL action at Delta Center.
Colorado was favored by -150 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Colorado got goals from Ivan Ivan, Cale Makar, Casey Mittelstadt, Ross Colton, and Joel Kiviranta in the victory. Colton opened the scoring at 9:54 of the first period.
Justus Annunen stopped 25 of 26 Utah shots in the victory.
Utah got a goal from Lawson Crouse in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Karel Vejmelka stopped 21 of 26 shots for the Hockey Club, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Colorado scored 2 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Utah went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Colorado lost the shots on goal battle to Utah by a margin of 26-26.
Colorado heads into a battle against the Senators. Utah, meanwhile, will have their next action against Los Angeles.