There would be no scoring until late in the second period. Colorado(16-7-2) made it 1-0 on the power play with 22.5 seconds remaining. Nathan MacKinnon was poke-checked in the right circle and Mikko Rantanen backhanded it to the middle. Burakovsky snapped a shot from the slot area past Sergei Bobrovsky.
The Avalanche increased it to 2-0 at the 2:03 mark of the third period. Rantanen connected a pass from the right wing and Burakovsky backhanded a shot from the right of the crease for his second tally of the contest.
Florida(19-5-4) cut it to 2-1 at 7:41 of the third on the power play. Frank Vatrano moved the puck from the left point to Carter Verhaeghe in the low left circle. He sent a rink-wide pass across and Joe Thornton took an acute forehand shot from low right circle for his third goal with his new team. Thornton passed Mark Recchi for 12th all-time in NHL history with his 1,534th point.
The Panthers evened it up 2-2 with 9:45 left. Gustav Forsling advanced the puck with a pass ahead to Verhaeghe at the Avs blue line. He sent a cross-ice pass and Brandon Montour scored on a wrist shot from the high slot for his fourth goal of the campaign.
Colorado regained the lead 3-2 with 8:17 to go in the frame as Burakovsky got the hat trick. MacKinnon entered the Panthers zone and made a drop pass at the top of the zone. Burakovsky ripped a snap shot from the high slot area for his third goal of the game and 12th goal of the season. It was his fifth goal in the last two games.
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