Behind red-hot scorers Nazem Kadri (goal, three assists, plus-4) and Cale Makar (two goals, plus-2), the Avalanche (9-5-1) on Monday rallied in the third period to avoid what would have been a surprising defeat and downed the Ottawa Senators 7-5 at Ball Arena.
Opportunistic Ottawa (4-12-1) was coming off a weeklong COVID shutdown, and despite being outshot 30-14 in the second and third periods and 40-21 overall, the Senators made their shots count against Avs goalie Darcy Kuemper (15 stops, .750 save percentage).
It was Colorado’s fifth-consecutive victory — a stretch coinciding with the injury absence to star center Nathan MacKinnon — and it’s the NHL’s longest current winning streak.