Shootout decides it as New Jersey Devils top Colorado Avalanche

That brings us to the end of a first period — Colorado Avalanche 2, New Jersey Devils 1. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 9-7, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Nathan MacKinnon opened the scoring for Colorado Avalanche at 2:35, Jeff Skinner tied it for New Jersey Devils on the power play at 3:57, and Nikita Kucherov put Colorado Avalanche in front on the power play at 16:28.

Darcy Kuemper was under siege with 7 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Colorado Avalanche went 1-for-3 while New Jersey Devils went 1-for-1.

Colorado Avalanche owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Colorado Avalanche 2, New Jersey Devils 0. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 17-11, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Nikita Kucherov extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche at 10:11, then Gabriel Landeskog extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche at 12:24.

Darcy Kuemper was under siege with 15 highlighted stops.

Colorado Avalanche owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Colorado Avalanche 0, New Jersey Devils 3. New Jersey Devils edged the shot clock 14-7, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Zach Hyman cut the deficit for New Jersey Devils at 5:31, Yakov Trenin cut the deficit for New Jersey Devils at 8:10, and Nico Hischier tied it for New Jersey Devils at 18:30.

Alex Lyon was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Colorado Avalanche went 0-for-2 while New Jersey Devils went 0-for-1.

New Jersey Devils owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.