Nathan MacKinnon scored twice to increase his NHL lead, Brock Nelson additionally scored, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 in Denver on Tuesday night time.
Gabriel Landeskog contributed two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away all 10 photographs he confronted in aid of Scott Wedgewood for Colorado, which has gained 9 straight at residence.
Wedgewood left halfway by way of the second interval with an upper-body damage after making 10 saves and was dominated out earlier than the third interval. Wedgewood leads the NHL in wins with 13.
Valeri Nichushkin returned after lacking eight video games with a lower-body damage.
The Avalanche remained unbeaten in 13 residence video games (11-0-2) and earned not less than some extent of their seventeenth straight recreation (14-0-3). Colorado has only one regulation loss in 26 video games. It’s the second longest right into a season with only one regulation loss, trailing solely the 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers (37 video games).
Linus Karlsson had a aim and Kevin Lankinen made 28 saves for Vancouver. The Canucks have misplaced six of their final seven and are 2-6-2 of their final 10 video games.
Vancouver ahead Evander Kane left the sport late within the third interval holding his left wrist. He went straight to the locker room and did not return.
Karlsson gave Vancouver the lead simply 2:55 into the sport when he acquired a move from Arshdeep Bains, stickhandled on Wedgewood and beat him with a backhander in shut.
MacKinnon tied it within the ultimate minute of the primary interval. Devon Toews took a shot from the suitable facet, the rebound went to MacKinnon within the left circle and he chipped it over Lankinen’s proper pad at 19:23.
Nelson, who had 4 factors in a 7-2 win over Montreal on Saturday, gave Colorado the lead when Landeskog fed him as he skated down the slot and he wristed it over Lankinen’s proper shoulder at 13:52.
MacKinnon once more struck within the ultimate minute of a interval when his one-timer on a move from Landeskog beat Lankinen at 19:26.
MacKinnon leads all NHL skaters in objectives (22) and factors (46).
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