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The Morning After: Three stars, five takeaways from the Avalanche’s victory over Arizona

Denver Post | March 11, 2018

Related Topics: Arizona, Take-out, Victory, Avalanche, Pepsi Center, Nathan MacKinnon, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Sven Andrighetto, Mikko Rantanen

The Avalanche defeated Arizona 5-2 on Saturday at the Pepsi Center. The game story looks at what was at stake and the playoff race. The notebook leads with Nathan MacKinnon’s third fight of the season.

THREE STARS

  1. Mikko Rantanen. Had a goal and two helpers for the Avs.
  2. Carl Soderberg. Assisted and scored goals and was plus-2 in 20:17.
  3. Nathan MacKinnon. Had two assists to extended his points streak to eight games.

WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED

Hours after the game, Arizona defenseman and team captain Oliver Ekman-Larsson was fined a maximum $5,000 for slashing Sven Andrighetto in the third period.

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