Overview
- Nathan MacKinnon buried a power-play winner early in the third period off a Cale Makar feed as Colorado edged Utah 2-1 at Ball Arena.
- Wedgewood turned aside 31 shots, including a Dylan Guenther breakaway, to secure the Avalanche’s second straight win to open the season.
- Ross Colton opened the scoring in the first period, finishing a precision passing sequence from Victor Olofsson and Jack Drury.
- In their first regular-season game as the Mammoth, Utah got a late second-period power-play equalizer from Guenther and 23 saves from Karel Vejmelka before pulling him late.
- Utah defenseman Dmitri Simashev made his NHL debut, while Colorado now returns Saturday to host Dallas as the Mammoth visit Nashville.