MacKinnon, Makar lead surging Avalanche to 6-3 win over Rangers

DENVER AP Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist to move into second place on the franchise scoring list and the Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Rangers - on Thursday night MacKinnon s three points broke a tie with Peter Stastny He now has career points and trails only Joe Sakic who had points in his -year career all with Quebec Colorado Cale Makar also had two goals and an assist Brock Nelson scored and Scott Wedgewood got his first career assist while making saves for the Avalanche Colorado which leads the NHL with points has won seven in a row and has just one regulation loss in games MacKinnon leads the league in goals and points J T Miller broke out of a slump with two power-play goals after scoring just once in his previous nine games Adam Edstrom also scored Mika Zibanejad had two assists and Igor Shesterkin stopped shots for New York The Rangers have lost three straight Miller s second goal of the night at tied the sum at - but MacKinnon scored on a rebound seconds later to put the Avalanche back in front Makar and Ross Colton added empty-net goals Miller gave New York a - lead into the contest and MacKinnon tied it in the final minute of the first period Edstrom put the Rangers back in front into the second with his first goal of the season but the Avalanche again got even late in the period Makar got a pass from Martin Necas skated around the back of the New York net and stuff the puck just inside the left post at Necas finished with three assists Up next Rangers Conclude their three-game road trip at Utah on Saturday night Avalanche At Nashville on Saturday night AP NHL https apnews com hub nhl Source