Nashville Predators hold off Colorado Avalanche in a tight finish

That brings us to the end of a first period — Colorado Avalanche 1, Nashville Predators 1. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 18-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Jeff Petry opened the scoring for Colorado Avalanche on the power play at 8:36, then Logan Cooley tied it for Nashville Predators at 17:29.

Joey Daccord was under siege with 17 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Colorado Avalanche went 1-for-3.

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 0, Nashville Predators 1. Nashville Predators edged the shot clock 14-5, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Nick Bjugstad put Nashville Predators in front at 11:21.

Alex Lyon was under siege with 13 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Colorado Avalanche went 0-for-2 while Nashville Predators went 0-for-1.

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, Nashville Predators 0. Nashville Predators edged the shot clock 6-5, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Neither side could solve the goaltending — a grinding, scoreless frame.

Alex Lyon was under siege with 6 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Colorado Avalanche went 0-for-3.

The final five minutes were split evenly in chances.