1st Period:
No scoring.
2nd Period:
0:46 - COL 1, NYI 0 PPG - Evan Rodrigues opens the scoring with a power-play goal, one-timing a feed from Rantanen.
7:28 - COL 2, NYI 0 - After a flurry of chances in front of the Avalanche net, Noah Dobson's shot is blocked by Josh Manson and Colorado goes back the other way. Manson springs Mikko Rantanen for a breakaway and he beats Semyon Varlamov with a shot glove side.
8:33 - COL 3, NYI 0 - Rodrigues deflects a Nathan MacKinnon shot down off the ice where it hops over Varlamov's pad for his second goal of the game. Devon Toews picks up the secondary assist.
9:53 - COL 3, NYI 1- Noah Dobson blasts a slap shot past Alexandar Georgiev to put the Islanders on the board. Alexander Romanov and Oliver Wahlstrom with the assists.
3rd Period:
3:35 - COL 3, NYI 2 - Zach Parise jams away at a puck in Georgiev's pads and it eventually tickles over the line. JG Pageau also jams away at the puck and picks up the primary assist, while Ryan Pulock, who put a point shot on net, earns the secondary helper.
10:39 - NYI 3, COL 3 - Mathew Barzal circles the zone during some sustained pressure by the Islanders. Barzal collects his own rebound, keeps skating and eventually finds Scott Mayfield for a backdoor tap-in.
10:56 - NYI 4, COL 3 - Anthony Beauvillier streaks down the left side and snaps a shot past Georgiev. Anders Lee with the assist.
18:39 - NYI 5, COL 3 - Brock Nelson scored an empty-netter to put the Islanders ahead 5-3. Nelson capitalized after Cale Makar's stick broke.
19:30 - NYI 5, COL 4 - The Avalanche make it interesting, as Alex Newhook makes it 5-4. Rodrigues and Cale Makar with the assists.
