Landeskog scores first goal of season in Avalanche's 4-1 win over Ducks

Gabriel Landeskog scored his archetypal extremity of the season, Nathan MacKinnon had 3 assists and the Colorado Avalanche bushed the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 successful a matchup of the Western Conference’s points leaders

DENVER -- Gabriel Landeskog scored his archetypal extremity of the season, Nathan MacKinnon had 3 assists and the Colorado Avalanche bushed the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 connected Tuesday nighttime successful a matchup of the Western Conference’s points leaders.

Landeskog’s second-period goal, which gave Colorado a 2-1 lead, was his archetypal successful the regular play since March 5, 2022. The 32-year-old near helping had missed the full 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons, arsenic good arsenic the 2024-25 regular season, aft undergoing a bid of genu surgeries. After the goal, the location assemblage serenaded him with chants of “Landy.”

Scott Wedgewood stopped 35 of the 36 Anaheim shots helium faced for his NHL-leading 10th triumph of the season. It was the seventh clip successful 14 starts this play that Wedgewood has allowed 1 oregon less goals.

Artturi Lehkonen, Martin Necas and Parker Kelly besides scored for Colorado, with Lehkonen’s extremity coming conscionable 28 seconds into the archetypal period. MacKinnon’s 3 assists gave him 32 points for the season, the astir successful the NHL.

The nonaccomplishment snapped the Ducks' seven-game triumph streak. With the win, the Avalanche are 6-0-1 successful their past 7 games and improved to 16-1-2 successful their past 19 meetings against the Ducks.

Leo Carlsson scored his sixth extremity successful the past 4 games for Anaheim and recorded his 100th vocation point, making the 20-year-old the youngest subordinate successful Ducks past to scope that milestone. Troy Terry got his team-leading 15th assistance of the play connected Carlsson’s goal.

Lukas Dostal made 32 saves.

The 1 extremity matched a season-low for the Ducks, who entered the crippled averaging an NHL-best 4.13 goals per game.

Avalanche: Host Buffalo connected Thursday nighttime successful 2nd crippled of four-game homestand.

Ducks: At Detroit connected Thursday nighttime successful the 2nd crippled of a three-game roadworthy swing.

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