Nathan MacKinnon recorded five assists as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Seattle Kraken 6-3 on Tuesday night at Ball Arena. MacKinnon set up five of the six goals for Colorado, helping his team pull away with multiple power-play tallies.
Chris Wagner opened the scoring for Colorado just 2:28 into the first period with his first goal of the season off a wrist shot. Jaden Schwartz tied the game for Seattle at 12:58 with a deflection. Ivan Ivan restored the Avalanche lead 74 seconds later, scoring on a wrist shot assisted by Nikolai Kovalenko and MacKinnon to make it 2-1.
Seattle tied the game again 23 seconds into the second period when Jared McCann scored on the power play. Colorado answered back with two consecutive power-play goals of its own. Artturi Lehkonen scored his first goal of the season at 6:44, and Mikko Rantanen followed with a slap shot at 9:11 to build a 4-2 Avalanche lead.
Matty Beniers brought the Kraken within a single goal at 17:31 of the third period on a tip-in. Colorado halted the comeback when Rantanen scored into an empty net just 24 seconds later. Kovalenko capped the scoring with two seconds left in the game, tipping in another power-play goal.
Colorado converted three of five chances on the power play, while Seattle went 1-for-3 with the man advantage. Justus Annunen earned the win for the Avalanche with 17 saves on 20 shots. Philipp Grubauer stopped 26 of 31 shots for the Kraken as Colorado held a 32-20 advantage in shots on goal.
The victory moved the Avalanche to a 6-7-0 record and gave them two wins in two regular-season meetings against Seattle this season. The Kraken fell to 5-8-1 and extended their winless streak to four consecutive games (0-4-0).
