Colorado used an avalanche of goals to beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 at Ball Arena on Saturday. Artturi Lehkonen posted a season-high four points and Casey Mittelstadt added three points while Jonathan Drouin and Cale Makar each scored the 100th regular-season goal of their respective careers.
Martin Necas had two assists, nearly scored twice himself and excelled on the top line. Jack Drury scored a goal and centered a new-look depth line while all 12 Avs forwards played more than 10 minutes, a departure from the usual top-heavy distribution.
Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and two assists, Cale Makar also scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 6-3
What an incredible bounceback for the Avalanche. They needed Casey Mittelstadt to get things figured out and he did. His linemates were a big reason why.
Cale Makar was denied a hat trick Sunday afternoon. He won the game for the Colorado Avalanche anyway. Makar came out of the penalty box, picked off a pass and set up Artturi Lehkonen with 14.7 seconds in the third period for the winning goal in a wild 5-4 victory for the Avs against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
Cale Makar shook off a puck to the skate to score twice, Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and two assists to tie a career high for points, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 in Denver on Saturday.
Dallas had the first goal before Casey Mittelstadt, Cale Makar (two goals), Artturi Lehkonen (two), and Jonathan Drouin scored for the Avs. Lehkonen also had two assists, compiling his first four-point game of the season and third of his career.
The Avs’ hottest line right now is its second one, with the trio of Jonathan Drouin, Casey Mittelstadt and Artturi Lehkonen ... get creative to push that AAV beyond that. Rantanen and Cale Makar, who’s got a $9 million-per-year cap hit through the ...
DENVER — Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and two assists, Cale Makar also scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Saturday. Jonathan Drouin and Casey Mittelstadt each ...
January 19 - Cale Makar shook off a puck to the skate to ... Jonathan Drouin and Casey Mittelstadt each had a goal and two assists, Josh Manson had two assists and Scott Wedgewood turned away ...
It was a historic performance for the Colorado Avalanche as they moved into a tie for third place in the Central Division with Dallas.
MacKinnon leads the NHL in points (77) and assists (58). Among NHL defensemen, Makar is first in goals (18), tied for first in points (56) and being for second in assists (38). Necas is seventh in the NHL in assists (41).