Rantanen, Makar each gets goal, assist, Avalanche ease past Kraken

SEATTLE -- Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar each had a goal and an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche scored five unanswered goals in a 5-1 win against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on Monday.

Nathan MacKinnon had three assists, and Tomas Tatar and Devon Toews each had two assists for Colorado (9-5-0), which lost three of its previous four games. Alexandar Georgiev made 18 saves.

“I thought we kept it simple,” forward Jonathan Drouin said. “We got shots at the net, traffic there, and it just kind of rolled on them for [the last] two periods."

Brandon Tanev scored his first of the season for Seattle (5-8-3), which has lost four of five (1-3-1). Joey Daccord made 26 saves.

“Our effort was, out of the gates, very good,” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “We worked. Our pace was pretty good through most of the first 40 minutes.”

Tanev tucked in a rebound off a point shot from Vince Dunn to make it 1-0 at 6:13 of the first period.

"There were stretches of good hockey from our group,” Tanev said. “Then there were times when we were not in the game and giving them too much time and space. When you give great players too much time and space, you make it look easy for them.”

Alex Wennberg appeared to extend the lead to 2-0 at 14:41 with a short-handed goal, but a video review determined Tanev interfered with Georgiev.

“To be able to go up 2-0 and continue to energize the building in that regard would be a positive,” Hakstol said. “But it wasn’t a good goal, so that’s it. It’s back to 1-0. I didn’t think that stunted us a whole lot.”

Rantanen tied it 1-1 at 12:05 of the second period when he tapped in a rebound from the crease before Ross Colton gave the Avalanche a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal at 14:12, putting in a rebound past Daccord’s right pad.

Makar pushed it to 3-1 with a wrist shot from the top of the right circle at 4:14 of the third period after a give-and-go with Tatar.

"I thought [Makar] had a good night tonight,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “I mean, it's never easy coming in here. It's a good team, they can check you hard. Now it's not the first time back, he's kind of getting used to the boos [from the crowd] and everything. And I mean, this is a team now that we know really well.”

Drouin scored at 9:09 off a 2-on-1 rush with MacKinnon to make it 4-1. It was his first goal with the Avalanche after signing as a free agent July 1.

“As a coach, you want them all to get rewarded for their hard work,” Bednar said. “One way to get rewarded is me giving them more ice time, but the production is what they're looking for and what you need in order to win hockey games.”

Valeri Nichushkin deflected Makar’s shot past Daccord on a 4-on-3 power play at 16:43 for the 5-1 final.

Georgiev rebounded for the win after allowing six goals on 28 shots before he was pulled in the third period of an 8-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Saturday.

“You try to build your confidence in any way now, and I made some good saves,” Georgiev said. “I tried to feel good about that. I'm enjoying the type of game and the guys took care of the results.”

NOTES: It was Bednar's 300th NHL coaching win, all with the Avalanche. … Makar has seven points (one goal, six assists) during a four-game point streak. It was his sixth multipoint game of the season, most in the NHL. … The Avalanche have five comeback wins this season, tied for most in the League with the New Jersey Devils and Detroit Red Wings. … Tanev played his first game since sustaining a lower-body injury in a 4-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Oct. 10.