Colorado Avalanche at Toronto Maple Leafs
· National Hockey League
Avalanche overcome early 3-goal deficit to beat Maple Leafs 5-3
After taking a pass from Mikko Rantanen, MacKinnon stopped and set himself to whistle in a shot past Martin Jones to help Colorado win for the ninth time in 11 games.
“They just seemed to have the puck more,” Jones said. “They generated some offense off their cycle.”
Andrew Cogliano, Mikko Rantanen, Jonathan Drouin and Ross Colton also scored for Colorado, with Colton getting an empty-netter with Jones off. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 26 shots.
Max Domi, Morgan Rielly and Timothy Liljegren scored in the first period for Toronto. The Maple Leafs have lost two in a row. Jones made 28 saves.
“A tough one,” Rielly said. “I thought there were good things at the start of the game. They took over the game. That’s the broad strokes of it. We got away from what we were doing.”
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Avalanche: At Montreal on Monday night.
Maple Leafs: At Edmonton on Tuesday night.
Regular Season SeriesCOL leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 6:23 | Max Domi Goal (4) Slap Shot, assists: none |
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Goal | 1st Period 10:47 | Morgan Rielly Goal (6) Backhand, assists: none |
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Goal | 1st Period 15:04 | Timothy Liljegren Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: none |
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Goal | 2nd Period 5:27 | Jonathan Drouin Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Ross Colton (10), Nathan MacKinnon (46) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 13:13 | Mikko Rantanen Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: Samuel Girard (6) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 7:35 | Andrew Cogliano Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Manson (8), Logan O'Connor (10) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 16:35 | Nathan MacKinnon Goal (23) Wrist Shot, assists: Mikko Rantanen (33), Jonathan Drouin (14) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 19:53 | Ross Colton Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Johansen (6), Joel Kiviranta (4) |
Statistics
 COL |
 TOR |
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|---|---|---|
| 15 | Blocked Shots | 17 |
| 33 | Hits | 29 |
| 7 | Takeaways | 9 |
| 33 | Shots | 29 |
| 1 | Power Play Goals | 0 |
| 4 | Power Play Opportunities | 1 |
| 25.0 | Power Play Percentage | 0.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 26 | Faceoffs Won | 25 |
| 51.0 | Faceoff Win Percent | 49.0 |
| 8 | Giveaways | 16 |
| 1 | Total Penalties | 4 |
| 2 | Penalty Minutes | 8 |
Toronto Maple Leafs Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Rielly, D | Out | Nov 10 |
| Colton Sissons, C | Out | Nov 10 |
| Kirill Marchenko, RW | Injured Reserve | Oct 29 |
| Miles Wood, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 28 |
| Nick Blankenburg, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 23 |
Colorado Avalanche Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Manson, D | Injured Reserve | Nov 9 |
| Zachary L'Heureux, LW | Injured Reserve | Oct 23 |
