Artturi Lehkonen scored twice and Cale Makar had four assists as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Saturday night in Denver, per the AP. Nathan MacKinnon added a goal and an assist, and Martin Necas and Brock Nelson also scored. Sportsnet's video highlight described Makar's night as four points. The AP's wording, four assists, matches our box score, which gives him no goal.
The box score shows how Colorado built the lead. The Avalanche led 1-0 after the first period and scored three times in the second to make it 4-1. Calgary got one in each of the second and third periods, from Joel Farabee and Martin Pospisil. Colorado outshot the Flames 34-27 and won 62.7 percent of faceoffs. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 25 of 27 shots for the Avalanche. Arsenii Sergeev stopped 29 of 34 for Calgary.
Colorado's one power-play goal came on three chances, and Calgary had no power plays. Makar played 24:27, the most of any Avalanche skater, including 4:21 on the power play. He finished plus-4, tied with Necas for the team high. Lehkonen took four shots and finished plus-3.
Makar's four assists lifted his season line to 3 goals and 8 assists for 11 points in 12 games. MacKinnon is at 8 goals and 14 assists for 22 points in 13 games. Lehkonen scored 27 goals in 69 games in 2025, the last season for which our tables have his full line.
The win leaves Colorado 7-5 and fourth in the Central Division, on a two-game winning streak. The Avalanche beat New Jersey 5-2 on Wednesday, after a 6-2 loss at Nashville on Oct. 25. Calgary is 6-8 and fifth in the Pacific. One Yahoo Sports recap said the Flames couldn't carry over momentum from Friday's 6-2 win over Seattle. That win followed a 4-0 loss at Edmonton on Wednesday.
Both teams play again Monday, Nov. 2. Colorado is at Chicago and then plays at Columbus on Tuesday. Calgary is at San Jose.
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