DENVER — The Flyers have never started a season by winning their first two games on the road with both victories against Western Conference teams.
Colorado took advantage of defensive miscues and defeated the Flyers, 5-2, as goalie Semyon Varlamov made 35 saves and Colin Wilson scored a pair of goals.
Wilson iced the win by scoring on the power play with 3 minutes, 39 seconds left, putting the Avalanche ahead, 4-2. Nathan MacKinnon added an empty-net score.
The Flyers were trying to win their first two games of a season for the first time since 2011-12.