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02/04 23:08 CST Lehkonen scores 2 goals and MacKinnon reaches 700 assists as
Avalanche sink Sharks, 4-2
Lehkonen scores 2 goals and MacKinnon reaches 700 assists as Avalanche sink
Sharks, 4-2
By MICHAEL KELLY
Associated Press
DENVER (AP) --- Josh Manson scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and
the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 in their final
game before the Olympic break Wednesday night.
Artturi Lehkonen scored twice and Nathan MacKinnon had two assists for Colorado
to reach another career milestone.
MacKinnon joined Joe Sakic as the only players in franchise history with 700
assists. Sakic, the team president, finished his career with 1,016.
Brock Nelson scored an empty-net goal, Valeri Nichushkin had three assists and
Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 23 shots for the Avalanche.
Timothy Liljegren and Philippe Kurashev scored 2:51 apart early in the third to
tie it for the Sharks. Yaroslav Askarov made 38 saves, but San Jose enters the
three-week break on a four-game skid.
Manson broke the tie when his one-timer from the point got by a screened
Askarov at 12:44. Askarov later went off for an extra skater, and Nelson scored
his 29th goal at 18:43.
Colorado has stumbled since starting the season with just two regulation losses
through the first 39 games. The Avs had gone 5-7-2 since Jan. 4 before beating
San Jose and had their 11-point lead over Minnesota in the Central Division
reduced to five.
Colorado, which has played three fewer games than the Wild, has 83 points
heading into the Olympic break.
Lehkonen, who will play for Finland in Italy, gave the Avs a 1-0 lead early in
the second after a battle in San Jose's crease. The goal was upheld upon
review, but his second and 19th of the season was a clean wrister from the
right circle on MacKinnon's 700th assist.
Liljegren scored his first goal of the season 43 seconds into the third period
and Kurashev tied it at 3:34 when he scored his seventh.
Up next Sharks: Host the Calgary Flames on Feb. 26. Avalanche: Host the Minnesota Wild on Feb. 26. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
Up next Sharks: Host the Calgary Flames on Feb. 26. Avalanche: Host the Minnesota Wild on Feb. 26. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
