Grubauer, Avalanche top Maple Leafs for fourth win in row
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Philipp Grubauer made 38 saves for the Colorado Avalanche in a 3-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday.
Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin and Joonas Donskoi scored for the Avalanche (17-8-2), who have won four games in a row.
Zach Hyman scored, and Frederik Andersen made 27 saves for the Maple Leafs (13-13-4), who are 1-3-0 in their past four.
Nichushkin put the Avalanche up 2-1 at 6:40 of the third period when he scored shorthanded on a breakaway.
Donskoi scored into an empty net with 1:19 remaining for the 3-1 final.
The Avalanche took a 1-0 lead on the power play at 10:52 of the second when MacKinnon took a cross-ice pass from Mikko Rantanen and shot past Andersen’s glove from the left face-off dot.
Hyman tied it 1-1 at 12:42 when he deflected a pass from Alexander Kerfoot at the top of the goal crease.
Maple Leafs forward Andreas Johnsson did not play in the third period because of a leg injury.
Toronto forward Mitchell Marner played 22:53 in his return after missing 11 games with a high ankle sprain.
Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly played his 500th NHL game.