DENVER (ABC4 Sports) - For the second straight year, Dylan Guenther scored the first goal of the season, but that was the only goal the Utah Mammoth scored in a season-opening 2-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche Thursday night.

Nathan MacKinnon scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period on a power play, Scott Wedgewood made 31 saves for the Avs.

Ross Colton also scored for the Avalanche, who followed a 4-1 victory over Los Angeles on Tuesday with a successful home opener. Colorado is starting its 30th season since relocating from Quebec in 1995.

Dylan Guenther scored for Utah in its first regular-season game as the Mammoth. Guenther had a team-high seven shots on goal, including a breakaway that Wedgewood stopped.

Utah pulled goaltender Karel Vejmelka with more than a minute rem

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