10 Takeaways<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0The Avs are 3-2-5 when trailing after two periods. There are teams with four comeback wins in the final period, but they\u2019ve had way more opportunities.<\/p>\n
Detroit and the New York Rangers are both 4-13-2 when trailing at the second intermission. Dallas is 4-7-3, and the Philadelphia Flyers are 4-11-3.<\/p>\n
Colorado has only trailed entering the third period 10 times, and has collected 11-of-20 points in those contests. Nobody else is anywhere near that points percentage.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Courtesy of my colleague at the Denver Post, Corey Masisak, the Avalanche are 2-2-2 in games where they\u2019ve trailed by two goals. Think about that for a moment. They are 40 games into the season, and they have been down by two goals only six times. And the two most recent were the comeback victories in Vegas and Carolina.<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0This extends their latest winning streak to 10 games, which is their second such streak of the season. Again, we\u2019re only 40 games in. This is remarkable stuff.<\/p>\n
Colorado wins 10th straight, tying longest streak of season (also @NHL<\/a> longest in 2025-26). @Avalanche<\/a> are 4th team in @NHL<\/a> history to post two 10+ game win streaks in a season<\/p>\n 1929-30 Bruins (14, 11) \u2014 Brendan McNicholas (@bmcnich) January 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n 4.\u00a0How about another big night from Nathan MacKinnon? He had three primary assists, the last of which was a beautiful set up on Brock Nelson\u2019s second power-play goal. This is his second four-point game in a row and fourth of the season. He now has 74 points in 40 games, which is two more than Connor McDavid with two games in hand.<\/p>\n MacKinnon is on pace for 71 goals and 152 points.<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0I was surprised to see that MacKinnon finished with only 20:04 of ice time, and 5:36 of it was on the power play. MacKinnon played less than Martin Necas (22:44), Brock Nelson (22:28), and Valeri Nichushkin (21:01).<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0The ice time on the blueline was also a little wonky, largely because of the third-period injury scare to Devon Toews that kept him out for a few shifts. Cale Makar played 24:35 and every other defenseman was somewhere in between 16:45 (Sam Malinski) and 18:26 (Josh Manson).<\/p>\n 7.\u00a0One of the biggest reasons why Nelson is scoring so much is the confidence he has to shoot more. After last year\u2019s trade deadline, he only had 31 shots on goal in 19 games (1.6 per game). Now, he\u2019s at 83 in 40 games, which brings him up over two shots per game.<\/p>\n He had only 24 shots in his first 16 games, and 59 in the last 24. And the offense aligns with that stretch. Nelson has 15 goals and 27 points in his last 24 games.<\/p>\n Nelson had seven shots in this game, which led the Avs.<\/p>\n 8.\u00a0That Zakhar Bardakov penalty, when he accidently ran into the goalie, is the type of stuff that isn\u2019t going to put him in Jared Bednar\u2019s good graces. If you\u2019re a rookie playing less than 10 minutes per night in an energy role, you just can\u2019t take those kinds of penalties.<\/p>\n The Hurricanes scored on that power play.<\/p>\n 9.\u00a0Scott Wedgewood\u2019s 18 wins lead the NHL. He improved to a whopping 31-5-5 since joining the Avalanche 13 months ago.<\/p>\n 10.\u00a0Gabe Landeskog got his first goal in nine games. It felt like he was in a bit of an offensive slump, but then I went back and ran the numbers. In those eight games without a goal, Landeskog had six assists. Add in the goal before the drought and the goal in Carolina, and Landeskog has eight points in his last 10 games with a +9 rating.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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