DENVER (AP) — Jonathan Drouin and Jack Drury scored 52 seconds aside in a three-goal second interval and the Colorado Avalanche beat weary Minnesota 5-2 on Friday evening to drag even with the third-place Wild within the Central Division.
Ross Colton had two targets and an help and Valeri Nichushkin additionally scored to assist Colorado win its second in a row on coach Jared Bednar’s 53rd birthday.
Nathan MacKinnon, the NHL’s main scorer with 91 factors, assisted on Nichushkin’s objective to increase his house factors streak to 16 video games. Mackenzie Blackwood made 18 saves.
Coming off a 6-1 loss at Utah the evening earlier than, the Wild led 2-1 after the primary interval on targets by Mats Zuccarello and Vincent Hinostroza.
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