Colorado wasted no time putting Milwaukee in a hole on Friday, and the Eagles never let the Admirals back into it. Three first-period goals set the tone, Ilya Nabokov shut down everything else, and Colorado rolled to a 4-1 win in Milwaukee.
Adam Beckman was at the center of it for Colorado, finishing with a goal and an assist. Domenick Fensore helped fuel the offense with two assists, while Nabokov stopped 28 of 29 shots to secure the victory. The Eagles also handled their special teams cleanly, killing off all five Milwaukee power plays and going 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
Beckman started the surge early, ripping a wrister from the slot just 4:00 into the game for a 1-0 lead. Colorado doubled the margin on the power play when Christian Wolanin buried a wrist shot from the blue line at the 9:21 mark of the first period.
The pressure didn’t let up. Just 1:09 later, Taylor Makar tracked down a loose puck in the crease and jammed it home to make it 3-0 before the opening period was over.
Colorado added one more in the second period when Maros Jedlicka followed his own rush shot, then swatted the rebound past Isak Posch at 7:03 to stretch the lead to 4-0.
Milwaukee finally got on the board in the third when Brady Martin slid a shot from the low slot past Nabokov with 15:27 left, trimming the deficit to 4-1. That was as close as the Admirals would get.
Posch took the loss, giving up four goals on 30 shots.
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