nhl Game Recap
Montreal Canadiens vs Colorado Avalanche Recap - Avalanche Win 3-2
The Avalanche beat Montreal 3-2 on Saturday, earning a victory backstopped by Darcy Kuemper's 28 saves.
Colorado was favored by -630 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Colorado got goals from Alex Newhook, Gabriel Landeskog, and Valeri Nichushkin in the victory. Newhook opened the scoring at 8:20 of the first period.
Darcy Kuemper turned in a 28-save effort for the Avalanche.
Artturi Lehkonen, and Nick Suzuki scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Darcy Kuemper.
Cayden Primeau stopped 43 of 46 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Colorado scored 2 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to Colorado by a margin of 46-30.
Next game, Colorado takes its act home to face Chicago looking for another win. For Montreal, they head on the road to face Minnesota.