Makar scores twice as Avalanche beat winless Flames 7-3
Colorado rebounded from a loss in Winnipeg while Calgary fell to 0-4-0.
Cale Makar scored twice and added an assist as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 7-3 on Thursday night, leaving Calgary winless through four games.
Devon Toews and Jaden Schwartz also scored twice apiece for Colorado (3-1-0), which bounced back from a 3-2 loss in Winnipeg on Wednesday. Nathan MacKinnon scored once and had two assists.
The game was tied 1-1 after the first period. Colorado then scored three times in less than five minutes in the second. A Toews wrist shot from the blue line got past a screened Devin Cooley to make it 2-1, and the Avalanche never gave the lead back. They added two more early in the third before Mikael Backlund and Kevin Bahl cut into the deficit. Adam Klapka also scored for Calgary.
Scott Wedgewood made his season debut and stopped 26 shots for the win.
The Flames fell to 0-4-0. Jonathan Castagna had an assist in his NHL debut for Calgary.
