CALGARY, Alberta–Andre Burakovsky scored twice on assists from Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche won 3-2 against the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Tuesday night.
Colorado led 2-0 after the first period following Burakovsky’s tallies at 3:21 and 18:25 of the frame and took a three-goal lead with Vladislav Kamenev‘s first marker of the season midway through the second period.
J.T. Compher, Joonas Donskoi, Cale Makar and Valeri Nichushkin picked up assists as the Avalanche improved to 5-1-0 in its last six games.
Goaltender Philipp Grubauer returned to the net for the Avs after missing five games with a lower-body injury and stopped 31 shots.