The Nashville Predators may not want any more late afternoon starts after Saturday’s result against Colorado.
Despite the Preds nearly doubling up the Avalanche in shots on goal, Philipp Grubauer got his first shutout of the season as Colorado blanked Nashville 5-0.
Pekka Rinne gave up five goals on 21 shots, while Grubauer stopped all 38 Nashville shots.
Colorado struck first as Nathan MacKinnon’s shot grazed Pekka Rinne’s right shoulder and went in at the 4:05 mark of the opening period.
Roman Josi went off for slashing at 7:19, but the Predators killed that penalty off without conceding so much as a shot attempt.