TORONTO — Without the benefit of a power play and after trailing for the first time in 10 games — briefly — the Avalanche used comeback hockey Monday to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs and stretch its remarkable winning streak to 10 games.
The NHL’s most surprising story continues to be written by the team that finished a distant last in 2016-17.
Colorado got its first two goals from depth forwards at Air Canada Centre and the game winner from second-line winger Blake Comeau with 7:43 left in regulation. On the counter-attack, Comeau and Carl Soderberg worked a give-and-go to perfection, with Comeau tapping in Soderberg’s centering pass on the doorstep of Maple Leafs goalie Frederik Anderson.