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Colorado had five different goal scorers in win by Callie Parmele @CallieParmele / ColoradoAvalanche.com
The Colorado Avalanche s top line got the team started but the squad s depth used that as momentum as the Avs went on to pick up a 5-4 victory against the Minnesota Wild.
Down 1-0 at the first intermission, Nathan MacKinnon scored 18 seconds into the second period and three other Avs found the back of the net in the frame. In total, Colorado had five different skaters from three different lines hit twine before the final buzzer on Monday at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Colorado begins four-game road trip by Andy Vernier / ColoradoAvalanche.com
After going 5-0-1 in its six-game homestand, the Colorado Avalanche hits the road and visits the Minnesota Wild to close out the season series with a pair of matchups at Xcel Energy Center beginning on Monday.
The Avs (25-8-4) earned a 2-1 victory versus the St. Louis Blues at Ball Arena on Saturday, completing a two-game sweep over the club to extend their win streak to four games and point streak to 14 contests (12-0-2). Cale Makar scored with just over 40 seconds left in the third period for his second game-winning goal of the campaign, while Nathan MacKinnon also found the back of the net to extend his point streak to five games. Gabriel Landeskog and Devon Toews each added an assist as netminder Philipp Grubauer picked up his third consecutive win, denying 27-of-28 shots.
The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the team has signed forward
Sampo Ranta to a three-year, entry-level contract. He will report to the American Hockey League s Colorado Eagles.
Ranta, 20, completed his junior season at the University of Minnesota, finishing with a career-best 31 points in 31 games while also establishing career highs in goals (19) and assists (12). His 19 tallies ranked second in the nation while he led the Gophers in goals, points and finished second in power-play goals (3). Ranta s +19 rating and four game-winning markers were both tied for second on the team. The Naantali, Finland, native was named to the All-Big Ten First Team and was a Big Ten All-Tournament Team Selection and finished with 67 points (37g/30a) and a +27 rating in 102 career NCAA games with Minnesota.