Nathan MacKinnon registered two goals as the Colorado Avalanche extended their point streak to 13 games with a 3-2 victory over the St Louis Blues on Friday night in Denver.
Brandon Saad also scored for Colorado, Gabriel Landeskog recorded two assists and Jonas Johansson stopped 25 shots for his first win this season – the second of his career. The Avalanche are amid an 11-0-2 stretch and closing in on the club-record point streak of 16 games, set in 2000-01. The West Division-leading Avalanche are also 10-0-1 over their past 11 home games.
David Perron had a goal with an assist and Mike Hoffman also scored for St. Louis. The Blues managed only 15 shots on goal over the second and third periods and could not convert a late power-play chance while falling to 0-4-1 in their past five contests.
Jordan Binnington, who made 36 saves Friday, has been in net every game during the Blues’ skid.
Colorado wasted no time opening the scoring. On the power play, Saad, amid a scrum, worked the puck past Binnington to end an eight-game goal drought 3:24 into the contest. St. Louis answered just 26 seconds later when Hoffman jammed the puck past Johansson, who was making his second start since being acquired from the Buffalo Sabres on March 21. However, the Avalanche took the lead back with 5:17 left in the first period.
Again on the power play, MacKinnon flipped the puck into the net from right in front of Binnington. With two power-play goals on six chances Friday, Colorado is 8-for-17 with the man-advantage in three games against the Blues this season.
MacKinnon’s second goal made it 3-1 with 6:49 left in the second period, going five-hole on a poorly positioned Binnington while breaking in on the side of the net.
St Louis got back within a goal through Perron’s team-leading 13th of the season via a four-on-three situation with 2:44 left in the middle frame.
The teams will play again Saturday night at Denver.


Maple Leafs edge Jets 
in shootout
Jack Campbell made 31 saves and Jason Spezza scored the only goal of a shootout to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 2-1 road victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday.
With two wins over the Jets in the past three days, first-place Toronto has opened up a five-point gap over Winnipeg in the North Division standings.
The Maple Leafs are 5-0-1 in their past six games.
Toronto’s Travis Dermott and Winnipeg’s Andrew Copp scored the only goals in regulation.
Campbell improved his record to a perfect 8-0-0 this season. The goalie stopped 31 of 32 shots, coming up particularly big during a flurry from the Jets midway through the third period.
Playing in his 300th NHL game, Connor Hellebuyck was just as impressive at the other end of the ice, stopping 37 of 38 shots. Hellebuyck’s only miscue came during one of Toronto’s more innocuous scoring chances, when Dermott sent a shot from the blue line toward net at 5:16 of the second period. The point shot found its way through traffic and past Hellebuyck for Dermott’s second goal of the season. Copp responded for the Jets at the 11:50 mark of the middle period.

Results
Avalanche 3-2 Blues
Maple Leafs 2-1 Jets
Capitals 2-1 Devils
Oilers 3-2 Flames
Sharks 3-0 Kings
Coyotes 4-2 Ducks