Columbus Blue Jackets secure two points against Colorado Avalanche

That brings us to the end of a first period — Colorado Avalanche 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 1. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 15-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Nikita Kucherov opened the scoring for Colorado Avalanche at 0:34, John Marino tied it for Columbus Blue Jackets on the power play at 9:51, and Gabriel Landeskog put Colorado Avalanche in front at 11:05.

Dennis Hildeby was under siege with 13 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Colorado Avalanche went 0-for-1 while Columbus Blue Jackets 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 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 2. Columbus Blue Jackets edged the shot clock 11-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Igor Chernyshov tied it for Columbus Blue Jackets at 1:32, then Pavel Dorofeyev put Columbus Blue Jackets in front at 3:42.

Alex Lyon was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

Columbus Blue Jackets 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, Columbus Blue Jackets 1. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 11-5, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Kevin Stenlund extended the lead for Columbus Blue Jackets at 4:30.

Dennis Hildeby was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

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

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