Avalanche Beat Flames 5-2: Lehkonen Scores Twice, Makar Adds Four Assists
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 at Ball Arena in Denver on October 31 to improve to 8-5-1. Artturi Lehkonen scored twice to reach 12 goals on the season, defenceman Cale Makar collected four assists, Nathan MacKinnon and Martin Necas each had a goal and an assist, Brock Nelson also scored, and Devon Toews added two assists. Goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood made 25 saves.
MacKinnon opened the scoring at 14:13 of the first period, and Colorado struck three times in under seven minutes of the second, through Necas, Lehkonen and Nelson, to lead 4-0. Nelson briefly left the game after being struck on the side of the helmet by a Makar shot, and returned to the bench for the third period.
Joel Farabee and Martin Pospisil scored for Calgary, cutting the deficit to 4-2 early in the third period, before Lehkonen deflected Makar's shot home at 4:09 of the third to close out the win.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 凯尔·马卡尔，Quintin Soloviev摄，维基共享资源CC BY-SA 4.0 / Cale Makar, photo by Quintin Soloviev, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
