Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen, right, is tied up with Calgary Flames center Dillon Dube, front left, in the first period of an NHL hockey game on Nov. 25 in Denver.David Zalubowski/The Associated Press
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist and Ivan Prosvetov stopped 30 shots as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 Saturday night for their sixth win in seven games.
Ryan Johansen added a goal and Jonathan Drouin had a first-period power-play score for Colorado, the seventh straight game in which the Avalanche scored on the power play.
Mikael Backlund scored for Calgary, which wrapped up a four-game road trip at 2-2. The Flames outshot the Avalanche 16-6 in the third period but Prosvetov turned away one scoring chance after another to help preserve the win.
Colorado extended its lead to 2-0 when Johansen chased down a loose puck deep in Calgary’s zone, carrying it with speed behind the net ahead of Flames defenders and knocking in a wraparound shot at 10:10 of the second.
The Flames broke through for a goal on Backlund’s wrist shot from up close off a feed from Jonathan Huberdeau at 12:03 of the second.
Colorado answered with its third goal of the night just 34 seconds later as MacKinnon pulled up just inside the blue line and wristed a shot past goalie Dan Vladar, who had 21 saves. Cale Makar picked up the puck in Calgary’s zone and got it out to Valeri Nichushkin, who shovelled a lead pass to MacKinnon to set up the long-distance score.
The Avalanche opened the scoring at 6:31 of the first, getting a power-play score from Drouin. He got a centring pass from Mikko Rantanen and beat Vladar with a wrist shot from between the circles.
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Flames: Return home to host the Las Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night.
Avalanche: Host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night.