DENVER — Mikko Rantanen scored two power-play goals and had an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche ended a six-game losing streak with a 6-1 win against the New York Rangers at Pepsi Center on Friday.
Tyson Barrie had three assists and has 278 points in the NHL, passing John-Michael Liles for most by a defenseman in Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques history.
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists, Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist, and Philipp Grubauer made 24 saves for Colorado (20-14-8), which was 0-4-2 in its previous six games.
Ryan Strome scored and Alexandar Georgiev made 41 saves for New York (17-16-7), which has been outscored 13-3 in its past two games and is 2-2-2 in its past six.
The Avalanche jumped out to an early lead after Rangers forward Cody McLeod was assessed a 5-minute penalty for boarding Samuel Girard at 2:29 of the first period.
MacKinnon scored glove side from the right circle to make it 1-0 at 4:40 and Rantanen made it 2-0 at 6:53 when his pass from the right circle deflected in off the stick of Rangers defenseman Neal Pionk.
Landeskog extended the lead to 3-0 at 12:34 of the second period when Erik Johnson‘s point shot redirected in off his right skate.
Alexander Kerfoot made it 4-0 at 5:18 of the third period, redirecting J.T. Compher‘s shot in front. Rantanen deflected in Barrie’s point shot on a power play to push the lead to 5-0 at 7:53.
Strome cut it to 5-1 on a breakaway at 9:21, but Ryan Graves scored his first NHL goal at 13:28 to make it 6-1.
Grubauer stopped Jimmy Vesey on a penalty shot at 12:14.
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