Cale Makar, Jonathan Drouin Both Reach 100-Goal Milestone as Avalanche Beat Stars 6-3

Stunned the Stars

Colorado used an avalanche of goals to beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 at Ball Arena on Saturday. Artturi Lehkonen posted a season-high four points and Casey Mittelstadt added three points while Jonathan Drouin and Cale Makar each scored the 100th regular-season goal of their respective careers.

"You're watching one of the best defensemen that's ever played the game," Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar said about Makar. "There's no question."

With the win, the Avs improved to 28-18-1.

How It Happened

Dallas' Matt Duchene opened the scoring with a power-play goal via a shot from below the right circle at 3:24 of the first period.

Scoring his ninth goal of the season, Mittelstadt tied the game with a shot from the right doorstep off a feed from Lehkonen at 13:07 of the opening frame after a great effort by Ross Colton on the forecheck.

"He got us really going," Lehkonen said about Mittelstadt. "He got our first goal and really set the tone after that. I thought he played an unreal game."

Makar gave the Avs the lead with his 14th goal of the season and the 100th of his career at 10:31 of the second period via a wrist shot from the point on the power play. With that goal, Makar became the fastest active defensemen to reach 100 goals and the fifth fastest defensemen in the modern era (since 1943-44) to reach the milestone.

At 11:56 of the second period, Lehkonen scored his 17th goal of the year with a right-circle wrist shot off the rush after receiving Drouin's feed.

Drouin gave the Avs a 4-1 lead with his fourth goal of the year and the 100th of his career via a toe-drag wrist shot from the high slot at 18:30 of the middle frame.

"[I] was just trying to change the angle and shoot around that [defenseman]," Drouin said. "So maybe the goalie doesn't see it or he sees [it at] the last second."

Lehkonen scored his second goal of the game and 18th of the season off the rush with a shot from the left doorstep off an incredible cross-ice feed from Mittelstadt at 8:13 of the third period.

Jason Robertson cut the Avs' lead to three with a goal at 11:08 of the third period and then scored his second of the game with a power-play tally at 11:47 of the final frame.

Makar scored his second of the game and 15th of the season at 13:13 of the third from the bottom of the right circle, cleaning up a rebound created by Drouin's right-circle shot. Drouin took the shot after he received a cross-ice feed from Mittelstadt, who recorded his third three-point game of the season.

Next Up

The Avalanche's homestand continues on Monday against the Minnesota Wild at 1 p.m. MT on Altitude and Altitude+.