Colorado Avalanche edge St.Louis Blues, 5-4

That brings us to the end of a first period — St.Louis Blues 0, Colorado Avalanche 0. St.Louis Blues edged the shot clock 8-7, while Colorado Avalanche still controlled most of the territorial pressure.

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

Alex Lyon was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

On the power play, St.Louis Blues went 0-for-1 while Colorado Avalanche went 0-for-2.

St.Louis Blues owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — St.Louis Blues 0, Colorado Avalanche 3. St.Louis Blues edged the shot clock 15-13, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Elias Lindholm opened the scoring for Colorado Avalanche on the power play at 0:37, Kevin Fiala extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche at 8:00, and Nathan MacKinnon extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche at 19:27.

Alex Lyon was under siege with 15 highlighted stops.

On the power play, St.Louis Blues went 0-for-2 while Colorado Avalanche went 1-for-3.

St.Louis Blues owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a wild third period — St.Louis Blues 4, Colorado Avalanche 2. St.Louis Blues edged the shot clock 18-15, while Colorado Avalanche still controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Filip Forsberg cut the deficit for St.Louis Blues at 0:04, Mikael Backlund cut the deficit for St.Louis Blues at 3:11, Nikita Kucherov extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche at 7:54, and Kevin Fiala put Colorado Avalanche in front on the power play at 19:39.

Alex Lyon was under siege with 14 highlighted stops.

On the power play, St.Louis Blues went 2-for-2 while Colorado Avalanche went 1-for-2.

The final five minutes were split evenly in chances.