St.Louis Blues hold off Colorado Avalanche in a tight finish

That brings us to the end of a first period — St.Louis Blues 1, Colorado Avalanche 0. St.Louis Blues edged the shot clock 16-11, while Colorado Avalanche still controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Ivan Provorov opened the scoring for St.Louis Blues at 4:58.

Matt Murray was under siege with 15 highlighted stops.

On the power play, St.Louis Blues went 0-for-1 while 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 wild second period — St.Louis Blues 2, Colorado Avalanche 2. Colorado Avalanche edged the shot clock 14-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Alex DeBrincat extended the lead for St.Louis Blues at 1:15, Jordan Martinook extended the lead for St.Louis Blues at 1:49, Gabriel Landeskog cut the deficit for Colorado Avalanche at 11:41, and Elias Lindholm cut the deficit for Colorado Avalanche on the power play at 14:08.

Casey DeSmith was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Colorado Avalanche went 1-for-3.

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

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

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

Casey DeSmith was under siege with 15 highlighted stops.

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

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