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Carolina Hurricanes at Colorado Avalanche

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Avalanche score 5 goals in second period and end Hurricanes' 8-game win streak, 6-4

Carolina Hurricanes vs. Colorado Avalanche: Game Highlights

Cale Makar, Artturi Lehkonen and Sam Malinski also scored for Colorado, and Alexandar Georgiev had 27 saves.

Jordan Martinook, had two goals and an assist for Carolina, and Jack Drury and Martin Necas also scored. Seth Jarvis had two assists and Spencer Martin finished with 23 saves for the Hurricanes, who had not lost since Oct. 19.

The Hurricanes led 3-2 after Necas scored with 7:34 left in the the second before MacKinnon and Lehkonen scored 53 seconds apart. Carolina unsuccessfully challenged Lehkonen’s tally for goaltender interference, putting Colorado on the power play.

Jalen Chatfield’s high-sticking minor gave the Avalanche a 5-on-3 and Rantanen scored a power-play goal with 1:11 left to give Colorado three goals in three minutes.

Martin was pulled for an extra skater in the final two minutes and Rantanen scored into the empty net with 50 seconds remaining to seal it.

Takeaways Hurricanes: No player on the roster has more than nine goals this season yet Carolina had won 10 of their previous 11.

Avalanche: Despite allowing four goals, Georgiev was solid in net for the second straight game and likely earned another start on Monday.

Key moment Trailing 2-0 and on the penalty kill, Makar jumped the passing lane in his own zone to steal Shayne Gostisbehere’s pass. He skated in on Martin and beat him with a slapshot to the far post to snap a goal drought of 89 minutes, 17 seconds. It started Colorado's five-goal second period.

Key stat Carolina had not allowed more than four goals in a game this season and gave up five in a half of a period.

Up next Hurricanes visit Vegas on Monday, and Avalanche host Nashville.

Regular Season Series

COL leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 9:02 Jack Drury Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Jordan Martinook (4), Jordan Staal (2)
Goal 2nd Period 4:37 Jordan Martinook Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Seth Jarvis (6), Sean Walker (1)
Goal 2nd Period 9:13 Cale Makar Goal (6) Slap Shot, assists: none
Goal 2nd Period 10:57 Sam Malinski Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (20), Samuel Girard (7)
Goal 2nd Period 12:26 Martin Necas Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Seth Jarvis (7), Andrei Svechnikov (9)
Goal 2nd Period 15:49 Nathan MacKinnon Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Artturi Lehkonen (2), John Ludvig (2)
Goal 2nd Period 16:42 Artturi Lehkonen Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Mikko Rantanen (12), Devon Toews (3)
Goal 2nd Period 18:49 Mikko Rantanen Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Casey Mittelstadt (10), Nathan MacKinnon (21)
Goal 3rd Period 2:50 Jordan Martinook Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Martin Necas (15), Sebastian Aho (10)
Goal 3rd Period 19:10 Mikko Rantanen Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (22)

Statistics

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13 Blocked Shots 10
16 Hits 7
1 Takeaways 9
31 Shots 29
1 Power Play Goals 1
4 Power Play Opportunities 5
25.0 Power Play Percentage 20.0
0 Short Handed Goals 1
0 Shootout Goals 0
40 Faceoffs Won 27
59.7 Faceoff Win Percent 40.3
8 Giveaways 9
5 Total Penalties 4
10 Penalty Minutes 8

Game Information

Ball Arena

Location: Denver, CO
Attendance: 18,089 | Capacity:

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 14 4 28 0
Washington 13 4 27 1
New Jersey 12 7 26 2
NY Rangers 12 4 25 1
NY Islanders 7 7 19 5
Philadelphia 8 10 18 2
Pittsburgh 7 10 18 4
Columbus 7 9 16 2

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 16 3 32 0
Minnesota 12 3 27 3
Dallas 12 6 24 0
Colorado 10 9 20 0
Utah 7 8 17 3
St. Louis 8 11 17 1
Nashville 6 11 15 3
Chicago 6 12 13 1
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