DENVER — Cale Makar scored with 41 seconds left in the third period for the Colorado Avalanche, who defeated the St. Louis Blues 2-1 and stretched their point streak to 14 games at Ball Arena on Saturday.
Nathan MacKinnon scored and Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves for Colorado (25-8-4), which has won four straight and is 12-0-2 in its streak.
Ryan O’Reilly scored and Ville Husso made 32 saves for St. Louis (16-15-6), which has lost six straight (0-5-1).
MacKinnon gave the Avalanche a 1-0 lead at 11:27 of the first period on a rush down right wing, shooting over Blues defenseman Torey Krug‘s stick.
O’Reilly tied 1-1 at 18:04 in a goalmouth scramble 11 seconds after a Blues powerplay expired.
