Philipp Grubauer made 39 saves while Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon each had a goal and assist to help the Colorado Avalanche improve to 3-0-0 in 2019-20 with a 4-2 victory against the Boston Bruins on Thursday at Pepsi Center.
Boston scored the first two goals of the game, but MacKinnon cut the Bruins' lead in half before the end of the first period and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare tied the contest midway through the second stanza. Andre Burakovsky tallied the eventual game-winner for Colorado with an unassisted tally in the third frame.
David Pastrnak factored on both of Boston's markers, recording a goal and an assist. Defenseman Zdeno Chara also scored for the Bruins.
Rapid Recap: Avalanche 4, Bruins 2
Philipp Grubauer made 39 saves in the win
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