Without a regulation loss through seven games, the 6-0-1 Colorado Avalanche visits the Tampa Bay Lightning to conclude a back-to-back set on Saturday. It is the fourth outing of the Avs' season-long, six-game road trip.
Nathan MacKinnon wristed a shot past Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky in overtime to give the Avalanche a 5-4 win on Friday. Andre Burakovsky scored twice in the second stanza, helping the Avs eventually force extra minutes after a scoreless third period. Joonas Donskoi and Matt Nieto also scored for Colorado, which surrendered four goals but had a season-high 17 takeaways.
Tampa Bay (4-2-1) returns home after its own six-game road trip, which ended with a 4-3 shootout win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday as goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy denied all four Bruins' shootout attempts.
Avs Complete Back-to-Back at Tampa Bay Lightning
It is the first of 12 back-to-back sets for Colorado this year
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