nhl Game Recap
Colorado Ices Tampa Bay 3-2 - Recap
Colorado got a 36-save performance from Darcy Kuemper as the Avalanche handed Tampa Bay a 3-2 loss on Thursday at Ball Arena.
Colorado was an underdog by -105 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Colorado got goals from Valeri Nichushkin, Gabriel Landeskog, and Devon Toews in the victory. Landeskog opened the scoring at 2:43 of the first period.
Darcy Kuemper stopped 36 of 38 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.
Brayden Point, and Nikita Kucherov scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Darcy Kuemper.
Tampa Bay got a 44-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.
On the power play, Colorado went 0-for-3, while the Lightning were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Colorado by a margin of 47-38.
Colorado heads into a battle against the Stars. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, will have their next action against Arizona.