Justus Annunen leads Avalanche to fourth straight win with 5-1 rout of Utah

Justus Annunen had 25 saves, and nan Colorado Avalanche hit nan Utah Hockey Club 5-1 for their 4th consecutive win

SALT LAKE CITY -- Justus Annunen had 25 saves, and nan Colorado Avalanche hit nan Utah Hockey Club 5-1 connected Thursday nighttime for their 4th consecutive win.

Ross Colton opened nan scoring pinch his seventh extremity of nan season. Cale Makar besides scored successful nan first. Casey Mittelstadt and Ivan Ivan struck some scored successful nan 2nd play — Ivan's extremity connected a powerfulness play. Joel Kiviranta had an unassisted extremity precocious to headdress nan scoring.

Colton struck midway done nan first period, snapping nan puck past Vejmelka connected a powerfulness play. Makar past blasted location a 2nd long-distance threat shot, extending Colorado’s lead.

Mittelstadt sent successful a close-range wrist changeable for a three-goal advantage. Ivan’s unassisted powerfulness play extremity put Colorado up 4-0 heading into nan third.

Mittelstadt, Nikolai Kovalenko and Mikko Rantanen each had a brace of assists for nan Avalanche.

Karel Vejmelka made 21 saves successful his 2nd commencement for Utah but has allowed 9 goals complete 2 games. Lawson Crouse had Utah’s lone extremity pinch 4:32 near successful nan game.

Avalanche: Stifling defense and potent discourtesy helped Colorado move successful a complete crippled connected some ends of nan ice.

Utah: Another sluggish commencement put Utah successful an early hole, and it ne'er climbed out. Utah has not scored a first-period extremity successful 3 consecutive games but has surrendered six complete that stretch.

Mittelstadt and Ivan were hardly challenged while scoring 3 minutes isolated successful nan second. Their goals squashed immoderate comeback hopes Utah harbored.

Makar leads nan NHL pinch 15 points and 12 assists and has tallied astatine slightest 1 extremity aliases assistance successful each of Colorado’s first 8 games.

Colorado originates a three-game homestand against Ottawa connected Sunday while Utah visits nan Los Angeles Kings connected Saturday.

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