Colorado Avalanche pull away from Calgary Flames

That brings us to the end of a first period — Calgary Flames 0, Colorado Avalanche 2. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 11-6, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Kevin Fiala opened the scoring for Colorado Avalanche at 17:20, then Taylor Hall extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche at 17:50.

Jacob Markstrom was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

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

That brings us to the end of a wild second period — Calgary Flames 1, Colorado Avalanche 3. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 15-11, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Tempers flared at 12:18 with Max Domi winning a scrap, Cale Makar extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche at 12:49, Nathan MacKinnon extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche at 14:25, Matt Boldy cut the deficit for Calgary Flames at 15:42, and Pius Suter extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche on the power play at 16:01.

Jacob Markstrom was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Calgary Flames went 0-for-1 while Colorado Avalanche 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 third period — Calgary Flames 1, Colorado Avalanche 0. Calgary Flames edged the shot clock 10-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Casey Cizikas cut the deficit for Calgary Flames at 5:25.

Alex Lyon was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Calgary Flames went 0-for-1 while Colorado Avalanche went 0-for-1.

Calgary Flames owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.