Colorado Avalanche hold off Toronto Maple Leafs in a tight finish

That brings us to the end of a first period — Colorado Avalanche 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 0. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 10-3, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Evan Rodrigues opened the scoring for Colorado Avalanche at 1:14, Gabriel Landeskog extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche at 5:40, and Evgeni Malkin extended the lead for Colorado Avalanche at 13:39.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was under siege with 7 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Toronto Maple Leafs 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 second period — Colorado Avalanche 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 2. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 10-5, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Easton Cowan cut the deficit for Toronto Maple Leafs at 3:17, then Mattias Janmark cut the deficit for Toronto Maple Leafs at 15:07.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was under siege with 10 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.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Colorado Avalanche 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 0. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 13-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Tempers flared at 6:55 with Marcus Foligno winning a scrap.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was under siege with 13 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Colorado Avalanche went 0-for-2.

Toronto Maple Leafs owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.