Colorado's Stars Shine in 6-3 Win Over Seattle

The Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 6-3 at Ball Arena on Tuesday. Nathan MacKinnon recorded his first-career five-assist game, Mikko Rantanen scored twice, Cale Makar registered two assists, and Artturi Lehkonen posted two points in his return to the lineup.

Colorado's Chris Wagner scored his first goal of the season to open the scoring at 2:28 of the first period with a right-circle wrist shot off a cross-ice feed from MacKinnon, who deked past Seattle’s Eeli Tolvanen at the left point before passing to Wagner.

Jaden Schwartz tied the game with a goal from the blue paint off a centering feed from Matty Beniers at 12:58 of the opening frame.

Ivan Ivan gave the Avalanche a 2-1 lead at 14:12 of the first period with a right-circle wrist shot off a rebound created by Nikolai Kovalenko’s drive to the net.

Jared McCann made it a 2-2 game with a shot from the slot on the power-play goal at 23 seconds of the second period.

In his 2024-25 debut, Lehkonen gave the Avalanche the lead at 6:44 of the middle frame with his first goal of the season on the power play with a one-timer from the slot.

The Avalanche doubled their lead on the power play at 9:11 of the second period when Mikko Rantanen scored his fifth goal of the season with a right-circle one-timer.

Beniers cut Colorado's lead to one at 17:31 of the third period with a deflection at the left doorstep off a left-circle shot from Brandon Montour.

Rantanen scored his second of the game and sixth of the season with an empty-net tally from the right circle at 17:55 of the third period to put Colorado ahead 5-3.

Kovalenko scored his second of the season to give the Avalanche a 6-3 lead with a power-play goal at 19:58 of the third period from the left doorstep off a feed from Casey Mittelstadt.

Next up for the Avalanche is a trip to Winnipeg where they’ll face the Jets on Thursday at 6 p.m. MT on Altitude TV, 9News, My20, and Altitude+.