Philadelphia at Colorado

Both of these teams come off great openers with Philadlephia bombarding Marc-Andre Fleury and the Vegas Golden Knights in a 5-2 victory and Colorado defeating Minnesota 4-1 on Thursday night. Fleury allowed five goals on 16 shots against the Flyers and was pulled about midway through the second period. Brian Elliott had 23 saves for the Flyers. Semyon Varlamov made 20 saves in the Avalanche's win over the Wild and he comes off a 2017-18 season when he had a 2.68 goals-against average in 51 games. The Flyers lost their last four games last season after scoring at least five goals their previous game and they are just 3-7 their last 10 meetings at Colorado. The Avalanche has won 20 of its last 27 home games and it is 8-2 its last 10 games against an opponent that scored at least five goals its previous contest dating to last season. Home ice will be the difference in this matchup, so play the Avalanche.