Colorado Avalanche vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Saturday, December 9, 2017 · BB&T Center
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Florida Panthers 7–3 on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at BB&T Center. The Panthers outshot the Avalanche 42–30.
Goals came from Mikko Rantanen, Aaron Ekblad, Denis Malgin, Nathan MacKinnon, Alexander Kerfoot, Erik Johnson, Colin Wilson, Jonathan Huberdeau, Matt Nieto and Carl Soderberg.
Semyon Varlamov made 39 saves on 42 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 23 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mikko Rantanen (9)Mark Barberio (4), Gabriel Landeskog (9)1–010:56 COL
Aaron Ekblad (6)Jonathan Huberdeau (22), Keith Yandle (15)1–119:57 FLA
2nd period
Denis Malgin (4)Jamie McGinn (8), Jared McCann (4)1–204:51 FLA
Nathan MacKinnon (11)J.T. Compher (5), Patrik Nemeth (6)2–211:26 COL
Alexander Kerfoot (9)Tyson Barrie (19), Mikko Rantanen (15)3–212:07 COL
3rd period
Erik Johnson (4)Matt Nieto (3)4–211:59 COL
Colin Wilson (2)J.T. Compher (6), Sven Andrighetto (9)5–213:42 COL
Jonathan Huberdeau (9)Keith Yandle (16), Vincent Trocheck (18)5–314:15 FLA
Matt Nieto (4)Blake Comeau (6), Carl Soderberg (8)6–315:59 COL · 
Carl Soderberg (4)Blake Comeau (7), Matt Nieto (4)7–317:40 COL ·
Team stats
COLFLA
3042
46%54%
0/30/5
106
1626
1713
913
612
Penalties
- 7:57 into the first period
Mike Matheson · holding the stick2 min - 13:24 into the first periodAaron Ekblad · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 17:17 into the first period
Tyson Barrie · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 9:07 into the second periodJ.T. Compher · slashing2 min
- 15:26 into the second periodTyson Barrie · high sticking double minor4 min
- 19:43 into the second periodColton Sceviour · tripping2 min
- 19:57 into the third periodPatrik Nemeth · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 83Matt NietoL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 14:16 |
| 14Blake ComeauL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 17:52 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 17:11 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:35 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:55 |
| 10Sven AndrighettoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:51 |
| 13Alexander KerfootC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 22Colin WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:04 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:28 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:01 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 18:11 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:31 |
| 12Patrik NemethD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:28 |
| 44Mark BarberioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:10 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:18 |
| 54Anton LindholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | W | 42 | 3 | .929 |
| 45Jonathan BernierG | 0 | 0 | – |
Florida Panthers
| 11Jonathan HuberdeauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 21:36 |
| 3Keith YandleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 26:09 |
| 21Vincent TrocheckC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 24:09 |
| 62Denis MalginC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:22 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 90Jared McCannC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:33 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | 22:00 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 17Derek MacKenzieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 12:17 |
| 18Micheal HaleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 07:41 |
| 23Connor BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 08:35 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 71Radim VrbataR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 13:07 |
| 73Dryden HuntL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 10:14 |
| 6Alexander PetrovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:37 |
| 12Ian McCoshenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:30 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:10 |
| 19Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 19:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Harri SateriG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34James ReimerG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |