Avalanche 6, Kraken 3

Seattle 1 1 1 — 3 Colorado 2 2 2 — 6

First Period: 1, Colorado, Wagner 1 (MacKinnon, Girard), 2:28. 2, Seattle, Schwartz 3 (Beniers, Evans), 12:58. 3, Colorado, Ivan 3 (MacKinnon, Kovalenko), 14:12. Penalties: Kiviranta, COL (Tripping), 10:53. Hayden, SEA (Slashing), 18:11. Mittelstadt, COL (Hooking), 19:23.

Second Period: 4, Seattle, McCann 6 (Stephenson), 0:23 (pp). 5, Colorado, Lehkonen 1 (Makar, MacKinnon), 6:44 (pp). 6, Colorado, Rantanen 5 (Makar, MacKinnon), 9:11 (pp). Penalties: Girard, COL (Tripping), 2:04. Wright, SEA (Tripping), 5:46. Stephenson, SEA (Slashing), 7:44. Seattle bench, served by Winterton (Delay of Game), 9:11.

Third Period: 7, Seattle, Beniers 3 (McCann, Montour), 17:31. 8, Colorado, Rantanen 6 (MacKinnon, Lehkonen), 17:55 (en). 9, Colorado, Kovalenko 2 (Mittelstadt, Manson), 19:58 (pp). Penalties: Gourde, SEA (Misconduct), 17:55. Montour, SEA (Charging), 18:07.

Shots on goal: Seattle 6-8-6: 20. Colorado 13-8-10: 31.

Power-play opportunities: Seattle 1 of 3. Colorado 3 of 5.

Goalies: Seattle, Grubauer 1-5-0 (30 shots-25 saves). Colorado, Annunen 5-2-0 (20-17).

A: 18,014 (18,007). T: 2:32.

Referees: Francis Charron, Graedy Hamilton; Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Jesse Marquis.