Gavin Brindley had a goal and an assist in his return to the lineup, Nathan MacKinnon and Sam Malinski also had a goal and an assist ‌apiece, and the Colorado ⁠Avalanche beat the Florida Panthers 6-2 in Denver on Thursday night.

Brock Nelson, Gabriel Landeskog and Artturi Lehkonen scored goals, Josh Manson and Martin Necas added two assists apiece and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 23 shots for Colorado, which played the last two periods without Joel Kiviranta.

The Avalanche improved to 3-0-1 in their past four games.

Mackie Samoskevich and Noah Gregor scored goals and Daniil Tarasov made 36 saves for Florida. ‌The Panthers had their three-game ‌winning ⁠streak snapped.

One of Tarasov's saves came ⁠on a penalty shot by MacKinnon at 14:58 of the third period.

Malinski gave the Avalanc

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