Avalanche 7, Predators 4

Nashville 3 1 0 — 4 Colorado 2 3 2 — 7

First Period: 1, Nashville, Smith 9 (Nyquist, McCarron), 3:41. 2, Colorado, Drouin 15 (MacKinnon, Rantanen), 5:25. 3, Nashville, Jankowski 6 (Novak), 13:02. 4, Nashville, Fabbro 3 (Sherwood, Zucker), 13:43. 5, Colorado, Mittelstadt 18 (MacKinnon, Makar), 16:11 (pp). Penalties: MacKinnon, COL (Interference), 9:16. Wood, COL (Tripping), 10:08. O’Reilly, NSH (Hooking), 10:34. Sherwood, NSH (Slashing), 15:54.

Second Period: 6, Nashville, Nyquist 22 (Stastney, Forsberg), 0:57. 7, Colorado, Lehkonen 13 (Makar, Drouin), 5:43 (pp). 8, Colorado, Makar 19 (Rantanen, Parise), 18:25 (pp). 9, Colorado, Trenin 12, 19:31. Penalties: Colorado bench, served by Colton (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 0:57. Nashville bench, served by Evangelista (Match Penalty), 3:11. Wood, COL (Slashing), 14:34. Sissons, NSH (Hooking), 16:44.

Third Period: 10, Colorado, MacKinnon 46 (Toews, Manson), 3:38. 11, Colorado, MacKinnon 47 (Rantanen), 16:10 (en). Penalties: Schenn, NSH (Hooking), 6:54. Lehkonen, COL (Slashing), 18:06.

Shots on goal: Nashville 12-14-9: 35. Colorado 16-12-14: 42.

Power-play opportunities: Nashville 0 of 5. Colorado 3 of 6.

Goalies: Nashville, Lankinen 10-5-0 (41 shots-35 saves). Colorado, Georgiev 37-15-4 (13-9).

A: 18,121 (18,007). T: 2:42.