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10/23 23:08 CDT Nathan MacKinnon has goal and 3 assists in Avalanche's 6-3 win
over Lightning
Nathan MacKinnon has goal and 3 assists in Avalanche's 6-3 win over Lightning
By PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer
DENVER (AP) --- Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and three assists, Nazem Kadri
scored his first goal of the season and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Tampa
Bay Lightning 6-3 on Friday night.
Devon Toews, Fedor Svechkov, Artturi Lehkonen and Martin Necas also scored as
Colorado rebounded from back-to-back road losses. Mackenzie Blackwood made 31
saves.
Jake Guentzel scored twice and Charle-Edouard D'Astous added another for the
Lightning, who saw their three-game winning streak halted. Nikita Kucherov was
held in check and remains a goal or assist away from becoming the franchise's
career points leader. He has 1,137 points and is tied with Steven Stamkos.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 18 of 23 shots, including one off the mask on
MacKinnon's liner.
Guentzel's goal with 42.7 seconds left in the second period made it 4-2. The
Avalanche unsuccessfully challenged the play for a missed stoppage. The
Lightning went on the power play but couldn't score. They struggled on the
power play all evening.
MacKinnon's goal with 15:42 remaining gave Colorado a 5-2 cushion. Necas sealed
it with a late empty-net tally.
Logan O'Connor returned to the lineup after missing the start of the season
with a lower-body injury. He recently lost his father, Myles, a former NHL
defenseman, at age 59.
The game featured the league's currently longest-tenured coaches in Jon Cooper
and Jared Bednar. Cooper took over the Lightning in March 2013 and has won two
Stanley Cups. Bednar was hired by Colorado in August 2016 and captured one Cup
--- in 2022 over the Lightning.
Wyndham Clark, the 2026 U.S. Open champion, was in attendance and brought his
trophy. Clark drank from the cup while receiving an ovation from the crowd.
Up next
Lightning: At Utah on Saturday night.
Avalanche: At Nashville on Sunday night.
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