DENVER (AP) — Nicolas Roy and Martin Necas scored 23 seconds aside in a four-goal second interval, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 6-1 on Saturday evening.
Necas, who completed with two targets and an help, is off to a quick begin with two targets and two assists after notching the primary 100-point season of his profession in 2025-26.
Nathan MacKinnon continued his scorching begin with three assists and has 5 factors within the first two video games, each blowouts by Colorado. MacKinnon, final 12 months’s Rocket Richard winner with 53 targets, scored two targets within the 8-4 win over Los Angeles on Wednesday evening.
Necas and Cale Makar, who signed an eight-year, $163.2 million extension that kicks in subsequent season, scored within the first interval and the Avs blew it open within the second.
Josh Manson scored at 5:38, Artturi Lehkonen stole St. Louis goaltender Jordan Binnington’s clearing cross and knocked it into the empty web six minutes later, after which Roy and Necas put it away with targets within the closing 1:58.
Necas’ second aim got here on one other misplay of the puck by Binnington. It’s the second straight sport in opposition to Colorado that Binnington has allowed six targets, with the opposite occurring on New Yr’s Eve of 2025. He allowed six targets on 36 photographs in his season debut.
Mackenzie Blackwood had 25 saves however misplaced his shutout bid when Dalibor Dvorsky scored at 2:34 of the third interval.
The Blues opened their season with a 4-0 win at Dallas on Friday evening however couldn’t generate a lot offense in opposition to the fast-skating Avalanche. St. Louis had simply 4 photographs on aim within the first interval and 11 within the second and third.
Up subsequent
Blues: Wrap up their three-game street journey on the Blackhawks on Tuesday evening.
Avalanche: Play their first street sport of the season on the Jets on Wednesday evening.
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