Coyle has four points as Blue Jackets beat Avalanche 7-2
Columbus broke the game open with four second-period goals, ending Colorado’s three-game winning streak.
Charlie Coyle contributed two goals and two assists to a 7-2 Columbus Blue Jackets victory over the Colorado Avalanche at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday. The win ended a two-game slide for Columbus and a run of three straight victories for Colorado.
Mathieu Olivier put Columbus ahead just 28 seconds after the opening faceoff. Ivan Provorov added a power-play goal before Cale Makar replied for Colorado, leaving the Blue Jackets up 2-1 at the first intermission.
Columbus then pulled away with four goals in the second period. Jake Christiansen and Cole Sillinger scored before Coyle and Valeri Nichushkin extended the advantage to 6-1. Nazem Kadri answered on a Colorado power play, and Coyle scored again in the third.
Olivier finished with three points, including two assists. Zach Werenski also had two assists for Columbus. Cam Talbot stopped 27 shots.
Makar finished with a goal and an assist, and Nathan MacKinnon had two assists for Colorado. Scott Wedgewood was replaced by Mackenzie Blackwood after allowing four goals on nine shots.
