Overview
- Colorado beat Nashville 3-0 on the road as Brent Burns scored 15 seconds in before Nathan MacKinnon and Jack Drury sealed it with empty-net goals.
- Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 35 shots for the Avalanche’s first shutout of the season and the 15th of his NHL career.
- The win extended Colorado’s streak to eight and kept the club atop the league at 15-1-5, with the most goals scored and the fewest allowed to date.
- Juuse Saros made 23 saves for the Predators, who were blanked for the second straight game after returning from the Global Series, with captain Roman Josi back from a 12-game absence.
- Rookie Gavin Brindley is out week-to-week and Jason Polin was recalled, Gabe Landeskog has been moved to the top power-play unit, and Scott Wedgewood is expected to start the back-to-back in Chicago.