Nathan MacKinnon scored his first two goals of the preseason for the Colorado Avalanche in a 4-2 win against the Dallas Stars at Ball Arena in Denver on Saturday.
It was the preseason finale for each team. MacKinnon made it 1-0 3:45 into the first period and 3-1 at 6:11 of the third period. Mikko Rantanen scored, and Jonas Johansson made 18 saves for Colorado, which opens the regular season against the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday. Denis Gurianov and Jacob Peterson each scored a power-play goal, Braden Holtby allowed two goals facing 20 shots, and Anton Khudobin made nine saves in the third period for Dallas, which opens its regular season Thursday at the New York Rangers.
