The Colorado Avalanche kicked off the 2018-19 season in style, and by style I mean an utter beating of the Minnesota Wild on the shot clock, and the goal clock. The Avs would go down early on a goal from Zach Parise, but goals from Carl Soderberg, and Nathan MacKinnon, followed by empty-net goals from Mikko Rantanen, and J.T. Compher gave the Avs the win in the end.
Semyon Varlamov didn’t have to be busy in front of a defensively sound Avs squad, but when he was asked to work, he stopped 19 of 20 and kept the Avs ahead for almost the entirety of the game.