Rantanen, Colton rating back-to-back targets in second interval, Avalanche beat Kraken

SEATTLE (AP) — Mikko Rantanen and Ross Colton scored two minutes aside halfway via the second interval and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 5-1 on Monday evening.

Cale Makar, Jonathan Drouin, and Valerie Nichuskin additionally scored for the Avalanche. Nathan MacKinnon had three assists, and Devon Toews and Tomas Tatar every had two for Colorado. Alexandar Georgiev had 18 saves as Colorado gained two of three within the season collection, with the street workforce successful every time. 

The win was coach Jared Bednar’s three hundredth, coming in his 550th sport. He’s the franchise’s all-time winningest coach.

“As a coach, you need all of them to get rewarded for his or her arduous work,” mentioned coach Jared Bednar, who earned his three hundredth win. “One option to get rewarded is me giving them extra ice time, however the manufacturing is what they’re in search of and what you want to be able to win hockey video games. So guys are feeling good about themselves, and it may well carry over and provides your workforce a little bit little bit of confidence you could get the job completed beneath troublesome circumstances.”

Brandon Tanev scored his first of the season for Seattle, making his return to motion after struggling a decrease physique damage within the season opener at Vegas on Oct. 10. Joey Dacord completed with 26 saves.

Rantanen lifted Colorado right into a 1-1 tie with 7:55 left within the second interval. MacKinnon had a shot from the left circle that went off the aspect of the online. It bounced to Rantanen who swept it in for his tenth purpose in 14 video games. It’s the second straight season Rantanen had tallied his tenth in fewer than 15 video games.

Colton gave the Avalanche a 2-1 lead with 5:48 left within the interval when he was on the left publish to poke within the rebound of Toews’ shot that had bounced off the chest of Dacord. It was his fourth of the yr.

“I believe we did an amazing job of coming to the rink that subsequent day (after Saturday’s 8-2 loss to St. Louis),” Colton mentioned. “We had a chat and form of simply mentioned, ’All proper, we’ve acquired to flush it. That is unacceptable, took the slap on the wrist with video after which form of discovered from it.” 

Makar made it 3-1 at 4:14 of the third together with his fourth. Drouin’s purpose at 9:09 was his first. Nichuskin’s with 3:17 left was his third.

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“There have been stretches of excellent hockey from our group, then there have been occasions once we weren’t within the sport and giving them an excessive amount of time and area,” Tanev mentioned. “While you give nice gamers an excessive amount of time and area, you make it look straightforward for them.”

Vince Dunn arrange Tanev’s purpose with a tough shot from the left circle. The puck rebounded to Tanev on the proper publish, and he shoveled it in at 6:13 of the primary interval.

Seattle thought it had taken a 2-0 lead on a short-handed purpose by Alex Wennberg with 5:19 left within the opening interval. However the Avalanche challenged it, claiming goaltender interference, and the problem was upheld.

UP NEXT

Avalanche: Host Geese on Wednesday evening.

Kraken: At Oilers on Wednesday evening.

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