Carter Verhaeghe staked the Panthers to a 1-0 lead in the first period. The Panthers have proven tough to beat when scoring first on the road since 2023-24. They had an .818 winning percentage entering the night, according to NHL Stats. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 31 shots.
The Avalanche is 6-0-1 in its past seven games and wrapped up a 3-0-1 homestand. Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves for Florida.
Avalanche, Devon Toews and Florida Panthers
Colorado Avalanche, Chicago Blackhawks
Colorado’s only goal in the loss came in the first period on the power play off the stick of Mikko Rantanen. Named the third star of the game in a losing effort, Mackenize Blackwood looked sturdy once again for the Avalanche, stopping 22 of 23 shots between the pipes.
The Florida Panthers kicked of their latest road trip Monday night against the Colorado Avalanche. Florida struggled to generate much offense and leaned heavily on their goaltender, falling to the host Avs 3-1 at Ball Arena.
The Colorado Avalanche finish up their first homestand of 2025 against the reigning Stanley Cup Champions tonight. The Florida Panthers come to Colorado off of a 3-2 shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Panthers struggle on the road and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky is starting to show his age. Mikko Rantanen will make them pay tonight. The Colorado Avalanche host the Florida Panthers this evening at Ball Arena at 9:00 p.m. ET. NHL odds have Colorado as a -130 favorite, while the total sits at 6.5.
Drouin averages over 20 minutes of ice time per game and plays on a loaded top line with Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen. The 2013 third-overall pick also plays on the top power play, which ranks 10th in the NHL (23.6%).
In Ekblad’s absence at practice on Sunday, Dmitry Kulikov moved to the top pairing with Forsling, with Mikkola and Uvis Balinskis serving as the second pairing and Nate Schmidt and Adam Boqvist as the third pair.
Shortly after Florida killed off the Avs fourth power play of the game, another long shot by Toews eluded Bobrovsky, this one helped by a screed from Juuso Parssinen, to give Colorado their first lead of the game with 11:06 to go.
The Florida Panthers visit the Colorado Avalanche after the Panthers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in a shootout