MONTREAL — Defenseman Cale Makar continued his two-week scoring binge on Thursday night and goalie Jonas Johansson redeemed himself after allowing eight goals Wednesday as the Avalanche evened its record to 1-1 on a five-game road trip.
Colorado got goals from Valeri Nichushkin (shorthanded), Makar, Andre Burakovsky and Gabe Landeskog in a 4-1 victory over the struggling Montreal Canadiens at Bell Center. Johansson faced 41 shots in Wednesday’s 8-3 loss at Toronto but only saw 20 against the suddenly downtrodden 2021 Stanley Cup runners-up, who fell to 6-17-2.
“I thought we played hard. We checked really well tonight.