THE SCORING:
1st Period:
8:29 - COL 1, EDM 0- Valeri Nichushkin converted on a 3-on-1 rush as Bowen Byram sent him a feed and beat Smith with a one timer in the slot. Cale Makar also notched an assist.
2nd Period:
2:41 - EDM 1, COL 1 -Evander Kane tucked in a wraparound past Kuemper to put the Oilers on the board. Connor McDavid picked up the assist.
4:03 - EDM 2, COL 1 -Evan Bouchard doubled up Edmonton's lead as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Kris Russell registered assists.
4:18 - COL 2, EDM 2 - Colorado ushered an immediate response as Nathan MacKinnon jetted up ice and Valeri Nichushkin wired a shot past Smith to equalize the score 2-2. Andre Burakovsky also notched an assist.
8:19 - EDM 3, COL 2 -Duncan Keith zipped a high-to-low pass for a backdoor tap-in from Evander Kane to return the lead to Edmonton. Kailer Yamamoto also tallied an assist.
14:20 - EDM 4, COL 2 - Evander Kane completed the hat trick as he dangled to the net and jammed the puck past the goal line. Connor McDavid and Brett Kulak collected the assists.
3rd Period:
10:45 - EDM 5, COL 2 -Off a faceoff play, Kailer Yamamoto grabbed a pass and spun - while getting his shot off -to beat Kuemper and extend Edmonton's lead 5-2. Evander Kane and Connor McDavid posted the assists.
18:20 - EDM 5, COL 3 - Nathan MacKinnon trimmed Colorado's lead down 5-2 as he deceptively wired a high wrist shot over Smith. Andre Burakovsky and J.T. Compher recorded the assists.
18:47 - EDM 6, COL 3, ENG - Off a Leon Draisaitl faceoff win, Kris Russell buried a nearly 200-foot shot into Colorado's empty net to give Edmonton a 6-3 lead.
SPECIAL TEAMS:
The Avalanche were 0-for-6 on the power play and 2-for-2 on the penalty kill.
The Oilers were 0-for-2 on the power play and 6-for-6 on the penalty kill.
GOALTENDING BATTLE:
Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves on 26 shots for the Avalanche.
Mike Smith made 34 saves on 37 shots for the Oilers.
NOTEBOOK:
Kuemper 54th start of the season and his record dropped to 36-11-3... Nichushkin scored his 23rd and 24th goals of the season and now extended his career-high point streak to seven games… MacKinnon scored his 32nd goal of the season... Mikko Rantanen missed his second-straight game due to a non-COVID related illness…
NEXT GAME:
The Avalanche travel to the last stop of their road trip as they take on the Jets in Winnipeg on Sunday night. Puck drop is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. MT.
