Recap: Avalanche desperately hang on for win against Flyers

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty ImagesThey just did enough.

The Colorado Avalanche opened up its four-game road trip out East with a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night. It was a little too close for comfort after having a 3-0 lead, but the Avs just did enough to hold off the hard-charging home team.

Colorado now moves back above .500 with a 10-9 record. While it’s early on in the season, it’s important they get all the points they can in what has been a lackluster start. Here’s how it all went down!

First Period

The Avs started off well, cycling the puck around the Flyers zone for a few shifts and creating some momentum. But they couldn’t get anything into the back of the net and…