An early deficit and an unplanned goaltending change wasn’t nearly enough to slow down the Colorado Avalanche.

The Avs continued to mash their way through the early part of this schedule with a 3-1 victory Tuesday night against the Vancouver Canucks at Ball Arena. Nathan MacKinnon scored twice to continue his historic start to this season, Gabe Landeskog had a pair of assists and the Avs are now 19-1-6, five points ahead of their rivals, the Dallas Stars, and 10 clear of the rest of the NHL.

Colorado now has at least a point in 17 straight games (14-0-3), and pushed its NHL-best goal differential to plus-53, more than double the next-best in the league, the Stars at plus-21.

This game was not without some adversity. Starting goaltender Scott Wedgewood left during the second period with

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