Avalanche 5, Utah 1

Colorado 2 2 1 — 5 Utah 0 0 1 — 1

First Period: 1, Colorado, Colton 7 (Rantanen, Mittelstadt), 9:54 (pp). 2, Colorado, Makar 3 (Rantanen, Kovalenko), 18:20. Penalties: Manson, COL (Holding), 3:17. Kesselring, UTA (Hooking), 7:36. Cole, UTA (Tripping), 8:05.

Second Period: 3, Colorado, Mittelstadt 5 (Kovalenko, Malinski), 14:25. 4, Colorado, Ivan 1 (MacKinnon, Mittelstadt), 17:33 (pp). Penalties: Manson, COL (Tripping), 0:44. Crouse, UTA (Interference), 9:38. Guenther, UTA (Hooking), 16:08. Kelly, COL (Tripping), 18:17.

Third Period: 5, Utah, Crouse 3 (Maccelli, Cole), 15:28. 6, Colorado, Kiviranta 4, 16:07. Penalties: None.

Shots on goal: Colorado 12-10-4: 26. Utah 5-10-10: 25.

Power-play opportunities: Colorado 2 of 4. Utah 0 of 3.

Goalies: Colorado, Annunen 3-1-0 (25 shots-25 saves). Utah, Vejmelka 0-2-0 (26-21).

A: 11,131 (18,300). T: 2:28.

Referees: Michael Markovic, Dan O’Rourke; Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Trent Knorr.