Avs use big third to get 5-2 win over Canucks Three-goal third gives Avs the win

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In Denver, the Avalanche scored three times in the third period to break out of a 2-2 tie with the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night for a5-2 win.

Colorado took a 3-2 lead early in the third on a marker from Riley Tufte at 1:24 o.

Cale Makar hit off the power play scored at 12:38 of the third to give the Avs a 4-2 lead.

“It’s kind of judgment, whatever you see,” Makar said. “I think things go through your head that you want to kind of do, and then however the goalie plays it, you kind of switch that up. So, I just tried to get that up quick, and yeah.”

It was Makar’s eighth straight game with a point.

“It was an impressive game from him,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “I think it’s important. Everyone’s not always going to be riding a hot streak, even your top guys. But you like to think that you get a couple of guys hot, especially the big difference-makers, and if they cool off a bit, then someone else kind of takes over. But he’s been a constant for us, and we need that.”

Mikko Rantanen scored into an empty net with less than four minutes left on the game clock for the 5-2 final.

The Avs improved to 12-6-0.

Alexandar Georgiev made 27 saves in the win..

“Obviously, we played great,” Georgiev said. “The third period, I don’t think the other team had much going on until the end of the period. We were just playing so well, so we have to keep doing that.”

The Canucks dropped to 13-6-1.

“The guys played hard; a lot of guys playing emptied the tank,” Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet said. “We had some really good moments. These are the type of games that are going to happen for the rest of the year. This is where you’ve got to make sure your details are [good]. Stopping in the slot defensively, things like that, we’ve got to keep working on.”

Vancouver took a 1-0 lead on a goal from Nils Hoglander at 16:32 of the opening stanza.

Valeri Nichushkin tied it, 1-1, at 17:37 for the Avs.

The Avs grabbed a 2-1 lead with less than two minutes left in the first on a goal from Jonathan Drouin .

“I just went to the net,” Drouin said. “Honestly, Cale had a laser, and I just put my stick there. I didn’t really see it, and it almost broke my blade. It’s nice to get those ones where you’re standing in the right spot at the right time.”

J.T. Miller knotted the game, 2-2, in the middle frame at 9:04.

Thatcher Demko made 20 saves in the loss.