Avalanche 5, Panthers 3

Colorado 2 2 1 — 5 Florida 0 2 1 — 3

First Period: 1, Colorado, O’Connor 6 (Cogliano, Girard), 3:35 (sh). 2, Colorado, Nieto 10 (Compher), 8:04; Penalties: Johnson, COL (Tripping), 1:44, Englund, COL (Interference), 12:35, Luostarinen, FLA (Interference), 15:26.

Second Period: 3, Florida, Ekblad 9 (Reinhart, Lundell), 7:03. 4, Florida, Bennett 14 (E.Staal, Tkachuk), 8:08. 5, Colorado, Toews 4 (MacKinnon, Byram), 8:33. 6, Colorado, MacKinnon 15 (Rantanen), 14:01 (pp); Penalties: Rantanen, COL (Slashing), 1:34, Rantanen, COL (Misconduct), 1:34, Englund, COL (Fighting), 5:14, Lomberg, FLA (Fighting), 5:14, Luostarinen, FLA (Misconduct), 12:48, Luostarinen, FLA (Misconduct), 12:48, Luostarinen, FLA (Misconduct), 12:48.

Third Period: 7, Florida, Barkov 15 (Reinhart), 11:03. 8, Colorado, MacKinnon 16 (Compher, Rantanen), 19:01 (en); Penalties: Florida bench, served by Cousins (Too Many Men on the Ice), 12:12, Rodrigues, COL (Holding), 14:47.

Shots on goal: Colorado 20-18-12=50. Florida 11-18-16=45.

Power-play opportunities: Colorado 1 of 3, Florida 0 of 4.

Goalies: Colorado, Georgiev 21-12-3 (45 shots-42 saves). Florida, Bobrovsky 14-14-2 (49-45).

A: 17,472 (19,250); T: 2:37.

Referees: Francis Charron, TJ Luxmore; Linesmen: Steve Barton, Jonny Murray.