Avalanche Overcomes Two-Goal Third-Period Deficit, Defeat Hurricanes 5-3

Comeback in Carolina

Brock Nelson scored two power-play goals and Nathan MacKinnon posted four points (1g/3a) to help the Avalanche erase a two-goal third-period deficit and defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 at Lenovo Center on Saturday to extend the team's win streak to 10 games. Gabriel Landeskog and Jack Drury added tallies for Colorado while Cale Makar recorded a pair of assists.

The Avalanche became the fourth team in NHL history to post multiple win streaks of at least 10 games in a season, joining the 2019-20 Tampa Bay Lightning and the Boston Bruins in 1970-71 and 1929-30.

"It was a great effort, right?" Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar said about the team's resiliency. "[It would] be easy to pack it in, but I thought our guys, as soon as the puck hit the ice in the third, they were determined, earned a couple [of] power plays, and it was great to see our power play capitalize."

With its win, Colorado improved to 31-2-7.

How It Happened

Carolina's Sebastian Aho opened the scoring at 18:09 of the first period with a shorthanded goal via a backhand shot on a breakaway.

Landeskog tied the game at 1:47 of the second period with his seventh goal of the season via a wraparound.

Nikolaj Ehlers gave the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal at 4:47 of the second period via a shot from the slot.

Carolina doubled its lead at 7:50 of the second period when Andrei Svechnikov scored with a backhand shot from the doorstep off the rush.

Nelson made it a 3-2 game at 1:09 of the third period on the power play with his 17th goal of the season via a net-front redirection.

In his first game in Carolina since being traded to the Avs by the Hurricanes, Drury tied the game at 1:42 of the third period with his seventh goal of the season via a left-circle shot set up by Ross Colton's feed.

Nelson scored his second power-play tally of the game and his 18th goal of the season at 7:30 of the third period via a right-circle one-timer set up by MacKinnon's feed to complete a fantastic passing sequence by the Avs.

At 19:42 of the third period, MacKinnon doubled Colorado's lead with his 35th goal of the season on an awarded tally with Carolina's net empty. That goal marked MacKinnon's 33rd-career game with at least four points and passed Joe Sakic for the second-most in franchise history.

Next Up

The Avalanche continues its road trip on Sunday against the Florida Panthers at 3 p.m. MT on Altitude, Altitude+ and Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM.