Overview
- Colorado improved to 21-2-6 with a league-best 48 points, as Nathan MacKinnon logged an assist to reach an NHL-leading 49 points.
- Valeri Nichushkin scored the eventual winner early in the second after Brent Burns opened the Avalanche tally and Brock Nelson converted on the power play late in the first.
- Mackenzie Blackwood made 24 saves and denied Trevor Zegras on a third-period penalty shot after starting on consecutive days in place of the injured Scott Wedgewood.
- Philadelphia pushed late with a 14-3 shots edge in the third and got goals from Sean Couturier, in his 900th NHL game on his 33rd birthday, and Travis Konecny.
- The Flyers were without Tyson Foerster, recently placed on injured reserve, and defenseman Cam York listed day-to-day, as Colorado turns to Nashville on Tuesday to close the road trip.