Joel Kiviranta notched his first hat trick, Cale Makar had a objective and two assists and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 5-2 in Denver on Sunday evening.
Valeri Nichushkin additionally scored, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen had two assists every and Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 17 photographs for Colorado, which has gained three straight and 4 of its final 5 heading into the vacation break.
Jared McCann scored, Kaapo Kakko bought his first objective with Seattle and Joey Daccord made 24 saves.
Makar put Colorado forward 1-0 with a power-play objective halfway by the primary interval. He bought a cross from MacKinnon, drifted alongside the purpose and despatched a wrister by visitors that beat Daccord at 10:05.
The Kraken bought even late within the first when Shane Wright fed McCann within the slot and he put a snap shot by Blackwood at 17:55, and the guests went forward early within the second interval.
Matty Beniers gained a faceoff towards MacKinnon proper again to Kakko, and his fast shot bought by Blackwood at 4:01, however Colorado responded 11 seconds later.
MacKinnon carried the puck into the Seattle zone and skated in on internet whereas heading off defenseman Jamie Oleksiak. MacKinnon put a shot on objective that Daccord stopped, however Nichushkin cleaned up the rebound to tie the sport at 4:12.
The Avalanche took the lead earlier than intermission when Makar flipped the puck out of his personal zone and Rantanen picked it up within the impartial zone to begin an odd-man rush. He skated into the Kraken zone, slid a cross over to Kiviranta, and his one-timer beat Daccord excessive at 12:01.
The groups traded possibilities within the third and Daccord got here off for an additional skater with 2:43 left. 9 seconds later, Kiviranta scored into the empty internet, then completed off his pure hat trick with one other empty-netter at 18:28 for his career-high tenth objective of the season.
–Area Stage Media