Lehkonen leads Avalanche past Canadiens, ending Montreal’s 12-game point streak

Artturi Lehkonen scored and had an assist against his former team as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at the Bell Centre on Saturday, ending Montreal’s 12-game point streak.

Fedor Svechkov opened the scoring on Colorado’s first shot, 3:57 into the game. Lehkonen helped set up Brock Nelson’s goal at 15:55 of the first period on a delayed Montreal penalty. Nick Suzuki cut the lead to 2–1 midway through the second.

Lehkonen put Colorado up 3–1 at 4:14 of the third, converting his own rebound on the power play for his 15th goal of the season. Nicolas Roy scored into an empty net with 13 seconds left.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 25 saves as Colorado extended its point streak to five games. The Avalanche played their first game without Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar since both were injured Thursday in an overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators. Montreal had gone 9–0–3 during its streak.