Avs journey 3-goal 2nd interval to victory over Wild

Valeri Nichushkin additionally scored, Oliver Kylington contributed two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 19 pictures for Colorado. The Avalanche improved to 2-0 on their six-game homestand and pulled even with the Wild for third place within the Central Division, although Minnesota has a sport in hand.

NHL main scorer Nathan MacKinnon had an help to increase his residence level streak to 16 video games.

Mats Zuccarello and Vinnie Hinostroza had targets and Filip Gustavsson made 25 saves for Minnesota, which has dropped three straight.

The Wild struck first when Marcus Johansson was in a position to dig the puck away from Sam Girard and Kylington alongside the boards and feed it to Zuccarello alone in entrance of the web, and he flipped it by Blackwood at 4:14 of the primary interval.

The Avalanche answered on the facility play later within the interval. MacKinnon had the puck within the left circle, fed it to Nichushkin within the slot, and he beat Gustavsson with a snap shot at 13:58.

Minnesota regained the lead late within the interval on its first power-play likelihood when Hinostroza deflected Brock Faber’s shot from the purpose at 17:42.

It stayed 2-1 till Colorado struck twice in lower than a minute. Drouin tied it when he bought a stretch move from Kylington, went in alone on Gustavsson and roofed a shot at 8:57 of the second. Drury gave the Avalanche the lead when he picked up Cale Makar’s rebound and knocked a backhander by Gustavsson at 9:49.

Colton capped the three-goal second interval when he bought a centering move from Kylington and beat Gustavsson with a one-timer at 14:39. It was his first aim since Jan. 9 at Minnesota.

Gustavsson got here off for an additional skater with lower than two minutes left however Brock Faber took a holding minor and Colton scored into the empty web at 19:52.

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