Avalanche 5, Rangers 4

Colorado 3 1 1 — 5 N.Y. Rangers 2 1 1 — 4

First Period: 1, Colorado, Drury 4 (Drouin, Middleton), 5:43. 2, Colorado, Makar 17 (Necas, MacKinnon), 6:26. 3, N.Y. Rangers, Carrick 5 (Vaakanainen, Rempe), 7:10. 4, N.Y. Rangers, Trocheck 15 (Panarin, Lafreniere), 8:36. 5, Colorado, Makar 18 (MacKinnon, Necas), 14:36 (pp). Penalties: Fox, NYR (Holding), 14:13.

Second Period: 6, Colorado, Parssinen 4 (Mittelstadt), 16:01. 7, N.Y. Rangers, Borgen 3 (Cuylle, Smith), 18:05. Penalties: Edstrom, NYR (Interference), 8:28.

Third Period: 8, N.Y. Rangers, Panarin 21 (Smith, Trocheck), 15:02. 9, Colorado, Lehkonen 20 (Makar), 19:45. Penalties: Mittelstadt, COL (Cross Checking), 1:40. Makar, COL (Holding Stick), 17:36.

Shots on goal: Colorado 12-6-3: 21. N.Y. Rangers 10-13-15: 38.

Power-play opportunities: Colorado 1 of 2. N.Y. Rangers 0 of 2.

Goalies: Colorado, Blackwood 16-13-5 (38 shots-34 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Shesterkin 17-16-2 (21-16).