Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist, Ross Colton and Victor Olofsson scored goals 1:19 apart in the second period, and the surging Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Sunday night in Denver.

Martin Necas also scored and Scott Wedgewood turned away 28 shots for Colorado, which has won six straight while earning points in each of its last 10 games and has just one loss in regulation this season.

NHL leading scorer Nathan MacKinnon was held off the scoresheet, snapping his 11-game point streak.

Emil Heineman scored for New York and Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves. The Islanders had their four-game winning streak stopped and are 4-1-0 on their seven-game road trip that continues in Dallas on Tuesday night.

The Avalanche honored New York head coach Patrick Roy with a video tr

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