Avalanche win 10th straight, shut out Sharks 6-0

DENVER AP Nathan MacKinnon scored his NHL-leading th goal Mackenzie Blackwood stopped all shots he faced and the red-hot Colorado Avalanche rolled past the San Jose Sharks - on Wednesday night for their th consecutive preeminence The Avalanche s win streak is the longest by an NHL club this season and is tied for the second-longest in franchise history They also extended their point streak to an NHL-high games with a - - record in that time Artturi Lehkonen Ross Colton Sam Malinski Josh Manson and Joel Kiviranta also scored for Colorado which had three goals in seconds in the second period to stretch its lead to - The Avalanche recorded a shutout for the third-consecutive meeting the first time they ve done so since the - season They ve gone minutes and seconds without allowing a goal It was the second shutout in as countless starts for Blackwood who had given up goals in his previous three appearances this season MacKinnon Cale Makar and Martin Necas were among the nine Colorado players with an assist Makar s assist was his st of the season the second-most in the NHL The Sharks were the last association the Avalanche had failed to beat losing - in overtime against San Jose on Nov Yaroslav Askarov was pulled from the match in the second period after giving up four goals on shots Nine seconds later his replacement Alex Nedeljkovic allowed a goal on the first shot he faced In the shutout loss Macklin Celebrini s five-game point streak was snapped Up next Avalanche At Minnesota on Friday Sharks Host Vancouver on Friday AP NHL https apnews com hub nhl Source