Colorado Avalanche pull away from New Jersey Devils

That brings us to the end of a first period — New Jersey Devils 0, Colorado Avalanche 3. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 17-3, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Cale Makar opened the scoring for Colorado Avalanche on the power play at 6:23, Nikita Kucherov extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche at 13:37, and Nikita Kucherov extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche at 17:18.

Connor Hellebuyck was under siege with 14 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Colorado Avalanche went 1-for-2.

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

That brings us to the end of a second period — New Jersey Devils 0, Colorado Avalanche 1. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 9-7, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Taylor Hall extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche at 2:10.

Connor Hellebuyck was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

On the power play, New Jersey Devils 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 — New Jersey Devils 1, Colorado Avalanche 0. New Jersey Devils edged the shot clock 20-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Dawson Mercer cut the deficit for New Jersey Devils at 1:24.

Alex Lyon was under siege with 18 highlighted stops.

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

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