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Avalanche Score Five Straight, Bruins Rally to Beat Ducks 4-2

Colorado beat Pittsburgh 5-2 behind four points from Nathan MacKinnon, and Boston beat Anaheim 4-2 after trailing 2-0, in the two NHL games on Friday night.

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Avalanche Score Five Straight, Bruins Rally to Beat Ducks 4-2

Key points

  • The Colorado Avalanche scored five straight goals to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 in Denver on Friday night, October 16.
  • Nathan MacKinnon led Colorado with one goal and three assists.
  • Gabriel Landeskog put Colorado ahead 3-2 at 4:24 of the second period.

The Colorado Avalanche scored five straight goals to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 in Denver on Friday night, October 16. In the only other game of the night, the Boston Bruins scored four straight to beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 at Honda Center.

Nathan MacKinnon led Colorado with one goal and three assists. Pittsburgh led 2-0 after Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust scored 29 seconds apart in the first period. Artturi Lehkonen got one back late in the first, then scored again 25 seconds into the second period to tie the game 2-2.

Three goals in the second period turn it for Colorado

Gabriel Landeskog put Colorado ahead 3-2 at 4:24 of the second period. T.J. Hughes scored his first NHL goal later in the period, tipping in a pass from MacKinnon. MacKinnon added a power play goal in the third period to finish the scoring.

Martin Necas had three assists and Cale Makar had two for Colorado. Mackenzie Blackwood made 29 saves. Arturs Silovs made 27 saves for Pittsburgh, which has one win in its last six games. New Avalanche assistant coach Brett McLean made his debut behind the bench. He replaced Dave Hakstol, who left to become head coach at Arizona State.

Bruins erase a 2-0 deficit in Anaheim

Anaheim led 2-0 late in the first period. Tim Washe scored with 37.3 seconds left in the period, and Beckett Sennecke scored 21 seconds later for his fifth goal of the season.

Boston answered in the second period when Frederic Brunet scored his first NHL goal at 3:15. David Pastrnak tied the game 2-2 on the power play at 3:26 of the third period. Elias Lindholm scored the go ahead goal on the power play at 8:18 of the third, and Matthew Poitras added an insurance goal about eight minutes later.

Michael DiPietro made 25 saves for Boston and earned his first NHL win, in his sixth game and fourth start. Lukas Dostal stopped 18 shots for Anaheim. Boston went 3 for 4 on the power play, while Anaheim went 0 for 5. The win was Boston's fourth in a row, and the Ducks have lost two in a row.

What it means

Colorado and Boston both won from 2-0 down on the same night. MacKinnon now has 16 points, with six goals and 10 assists, in eight games this season, Reuters reported. Boston improved to 6-2, while Anaheim fell to 4-3.

Timeline

  1. Oct 16, 2026Colorado beats Pittsburgh 5-2 in Denver. Nathan MacKinnon scores one goal with three assists, and Artturi Lehkonen scores twice, as the Avalanche score five straight goals.
  2. Oct 16, 2026Boston beats Anaheim 4-2 at Honda Center. The Bruins score four straight goals after trailing 2-0, and Michael DiPietro makes 25 saves for his first NHL win.

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