The Colorado Avalanche almost underestimated their opponents on Friday night, when the Arizona Coyotes made a quick, two-goal near comeback in the third period to nearly tie up their contest against the Avs at the last second.
Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog, and company made sure not to make that mistake twice, though — while they were a bit sluggish in the opening frame on Saturday night, they stormed out for the second and third periods and completely dominated offensively for a forty-minute stretch to skate away with a 6-2 final score.
MacKinnon and Landeskog saw their goals accompanied by tallies from depth players Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Joonas Donskoi, Tyson Jost, and Jacob MacDonald in a game that didn’t just look like a satisfying win, it looked like a return to form for a team that had been struggling to get into the win column.