The meeting was held in New York and ended with a score of 5: 3 in favor of the hosts.

Chris Krider, Mika Zibanejad, Brady Shay, Ryan Stroum and Russian Artemy Panarin scored in the local team. At Avalanche, JT Comfer scored a double, and Nathan McKinnon scored one goal.

Panarin also scored two assists. Thus, he scored three points. In addition, another Russian player Valery Nichushkin, who plays for Colorado, made an assist.

Earlier, the Montreal Canadiens lost to the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL, despite two assists by Ilya Kovalchuk.