Colorado Skates Past Nashville 6-5 - Recap

Colorado Skates Past Nashville 6-5 - Recap

Colorado skated to a 6-5 victory over Nashville on Monday in NHL action at Pepsi Center.

The Avalanche were a +105 underdog in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 5.

Colorado got goals from Chuck Kobasew, Paul Stastny, Jamie McGinn, Aaron Palushaj, Matt Duchene, and Tyson Barrie in the victory. Palushaj opened the scoring at 3:43 of the first period.

Semyon Varlamov turned in a 33-save effort for the Avalanche.

Mike Fisher, Shea Weber, Sergei Kostitsyn, Jonathon Blum, and Colin Wilson scored for the Predators, finding the net behind Semyon Varlamov.

Nashville got a 12-stop effort from Chris Mason in the loss.

Colorado scored 1 time on 2 chances on the power play, while Nashville went 1-for-5 with the man advantage.

Colorado lost the shots on goal battle to Nashville by a margin of 38-28.

Next game, Colorado takes its act home to face St. Louis looking for another win. For Nashville, they head home to face Detroit.