nhl Game Recap
Colorado Avalanche vs Nashville Predators Wrap - Colorado Wins 5-3
The Avalanche beat Nashville 5-3 on Monday, earning a victory backstopped by Pavel Francouz's 28 saves.
The Avalanche were a -230 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.5.
Colorado got goals from Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews, Valeri Nichushkin, Andre Burakovsky, and Cale Makar in the victory. Burakovsky opened the scoring at 1:56 of the first period.
Pavel Francouz turned in a 28-save effort for the Avalanche.
Yakov Trenin(2), and Filip Forsberg scored for the Predators, finding the net behind Pavel Francouz.
Connor Ingram stopped 33 of 37 shots for the Predators, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Colorado went 1-for-2, while the Predators were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Nashville lost the shots on goal battle to Colorado by a margin of 38-31.