Avalanche Fall to Bruins 5-3 At Home

The Avalanche lost to the Bruins 5-3 on Wednesday at Ball Arena. Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar each posted three-point nights while Nathan MacKinnon registered two assists.

Boston opened the scoring at 13:46 of the first period when Cole Koepke deflected Andrew Peeke’s wrist shot from just outside the right circle into the net.

Ross Colton tied the game at 15:07 on the power play with his second goal of the season with a snapshot from the slot off a low-to-high feed from Rantanen.

The Bruins answered with a power-play goal of their own to take a 2-1 lead at 17:09 of the first period when Mason Lohrei sent a cross-ice pass to Charlie Coyle, who scored at the right doorstep.

David Pastrnak doubled Boston’s lead at 9:09 of the second period on the power play when he scored from the right doorstep off a cross-ice pass from Hampus Lindholm.

Lindholm gave Boston a 4-1 lead at 9:22 of the second period with a left-circle wrist shot through traffic.

Makar cut Colorado’s deficit to two on the power play with his first goal of the season with a one-timer from the point at 11:15 of the second period.

Rantanen scored his fourth goal of the season to put the Avalanche within one on the power play at 4:52 of the third period with a right-circle one-timer off a pass from Makar.

John Beecher gave Boston a 5-3 lead at 17:59 of the third period with an empty-net goal from center ice.

Next up for the Avalanche is the conclusion of their four-game homestand against the Anaheim Ducks on Friday at 7 p.m. MT on Altitude Sports.