Gabriel Landeskog scored twice, and the visiting Colorado Avalanche scored the final three goals in a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday.
Devon Toews had a goal and an assist, and Cale Makar added two assists for the Avalanche, who have won two straight and five of their past seven games. Mackenzie Blackwood made 28 saves.
Jack Roslovic, Darren Raddysh and Easton Cowen each had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who have lost four straight. Sergei Bobrovsky made 22 saves.
Raddysh opened the scoring at 3:33 of the first period. Auston Matthews set him up with a cross-ice pass, and Raddysh beat Blackwood with a slap shot through traffic.
Brock Nelson tied it at 1-1 at 16:09. T.J. Hughes got the puck into the Toronto zone and sent a cross-ice pass to Nelson, who skated in on Bobrovsky and scored with a wrist shot.
Landeskog put Colorado ahead 2-1 at 17:26, finishing a close-range backhand after Nicolas Roy drove to the net to set him up.
Toews made it 3-1 at 3:31 of the second period with a snap shot from the blue line that eluded Bobrovsky.
Cowen pulled Toronto within 3-2 at 19:31 with a wrist shot from the right circle that squeezed between the post and Blackwood’s glove just after a Maple Leafs power play ended.
Roslovic tied it 3-3 at 4:11 of the third period, driving to the net and beating Blackwood with a backhand between the goalie’s pads.
Landeskog put the Avalanche back in front 4-3 at 5:02, one-timing a pass from Nazem Kadri, who was behind the net, past Bobrovsky.
Artturi Lehkonen extended Colorado’s lead to 5-3 with 2:45 remaining in regulation, converting a wrist shot off a pass from Makar.
Martin Necas scored into an empty net 15 seconds later to seal the victory.
–Field Level Media
