"It was a bizarre play," he said. "I didn't see it when it popped up in the air, and then when it landed on the ice, I was the only player. I saw I had an open net, and no one saw me, so I shot it. It was a lucky goal, but we'll take it."
Burakovsky scored on a 2-on-1 at 13:57 to make it 2-0. He has four goals and seven assists during a five-game point streak.
"He's a good player, and I think you find with young players as you gain more and more experience, you start to understand what to do out there, when to use your skill and when to do it the right way and keep it safe," said Kadri, who had a goal and an assist. "I think he's starting to figure that out. Can't wait to watch what else he's got."
Sam Reinhart deflected a Jake McCabe shot to cut it to 2-1 with one second remaining in the period.
Kadri took a cross-ice pass from Nichushkin and put Colorado ahead 3-1 one minute into the second period, and Nikita Zadorov made it 4-1 when he slipped a backhand five-hole at 4:23.
Nichushkin extended the lead to 5-1 when he scored from the high slot at 10:58, chasing Hutton, and Mikko Rantanen pushed it to 6-1 at 12:59 when he scored from the left circle on the rush.
