Columbus directed Jack Roslovic, who scored the first two goals of the match. Patrik Laine increased Gustav Nyquist’s lead to 3 – 0 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner.
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Montreal reduced Ryan Poehling’s run-up in the second period. However, Cole Sillinger and Emil Bemström, who was sent by Voráček to renumber two to one, answered his goal.
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The first two Rangers goals were scored by Kaapo Kakko, who increased to 2: 0 in the 29th minute after Chytil’s pass. The Czech forward found him in front of the goal with a backhand pass from the back guard and scored the twentieth point of the season (7 + 13).
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A third goal was added a moment later by Artem Panarin and Andrew Copp closed the score in the Philadelphia game without a goalkeeper. Alexander Georgiyev needed 28 interventions.
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Colorado started well, already in the 11th minute it led 4: 0 with the contribution of two goals by Nicolas Aube-Kubel. Los Angeles reduced by two goals in the second period, but the NHL leader bounced back to 9: 2 between the 34th and 50th minutes.
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MacKinnon was deftly seconded by defender Cale Makar (1 + 3). Avalanche, in whose goal Darcy Kuemper took precedence over Pavel Francouz, set a new club record in the number of prizes in the basic part of the season (53).
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| NHL results |
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| Philadelphia – NY Rangers 0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1) |
| Goals: 11th and 29th Kakko (second catcher), 32nd Panarin, 59th Copp. Shots on goal: 28:34. Attendance: 15,967. Match Stars: 1. Georgiev, 2. Kakko, 3. Panarin (all NY Rangers). |
| Columbus – Montreal 5:1 (1:0, 2:1, 2:0) |
| Goals: 9th and 36th Roslovic, 38th Laine (Voráček), 47th Sillinger, 58th Bemström (Voráček) – 39th Poehling. Shots on goal: 31:21. Attendance: 16,708. Match stars: 1. Roslovic, 2. Laine, 3. Blankenburg (all Columbus). |
| Colorado – Los Angeles 9:3 (4:0, 2:2, 3:1) |
| Goals: 11th, 42nd and 50th MacKinnon, 3rd and 11th Aube-Kubel, 4th and 47th Nishushkin, 34th Burakovsky, 39th Makar – 22nd Kempe, 31st Iafallo, 56th Danault. Shots on goal: 35:32. Attendance: 18,017. Match stars: 1. MacKinnon, 2. Aube-Kubel, 3. Makar (all Colorado). |
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