Lehkonen scores twice as Avalanche beat Flames 5-2
Cale Makar had four assists as Colorado built a four-goal lead at Ball Arena.
Artturi Lehkonen scored two goals and Cale Makar collected four assists in the Colorado Avalanche’s 5-2 home win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday. Lehkonen extended his point streak to nine games.
Nathan MacKinnon and Martin Necas each contributed a goal and an assist. Brock Nelson also scored for Colorado, while Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 25 shots. The Avalanche have won two consecutive games.
Colorado led 1-0 after the opening period, then got goals from Necas, Lehkonen and Nelson within the first 10 minutes of the second to pull ahead 4-0.
Joel Farabee replied for Calgary in the second period, and Martin Pospisil narrowed the gap to 4-2 early in the third. Lehkonen ended the scoring by redirecting a Makar shot at 4:09.
Arsenii Sergeev made his first start of the season for Calgary, which had beaten Seattle the previous night.
