Recap
Nylander and Matthews power Maple Leafs past Avalanche
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 on Saturday night at Ball Arena. Nathan MacKinnon scored twice in the first period to put Colorado up 2-1 after Nick Blankenburg had opened the scoring, but Toronto took over from there. William Nylander tied it on the power play early in the second, Brock Nelson briefly restored the Avalanche lead, and Nylander answered again to make it 3-3. Easton Cowan then netted the winner at 17:33 of the second, and Auston Matthews added a power-play goal and an empty-netter in the third.
Nylander finished with 5 points on 2 goals and 3 assists, Matthews had 4 points with 2 goals and 2 assists, and Nick Paul chipped in 2 assists. MacKinnon scored both of his goals in the first period. The Maple Leafs went 2 for 4 on the power play while killing all 5 Avalanche chances. Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win despite Colorado outshooting Toronto 33-23, while Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 17 of 22 in the loss.
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