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Avalanche ride 3-goal 2nd period to 5-3 win over Blues

Colorado picked up a key win over division-leading St. Louis Saturday afternoon.

Credit: AP Photo/David Zalubowski

Colorado Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer, right, stops a redirected shot off the stick of St. Louis Blues center Brayden Schenn in the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, in Denver. Colorado won 5-3.

DENVER — Cale Makar and Andre Burakovsky scored 22 seconds apart in the second period to chase All-Star goaltender Jordan Binnington from the game and the Colorado Avalanche held on to beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3.

The Avalanche used a three-goal middle period to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 advantage. Tyson Jost also scored in the period.

Nathan MacKinnon added a goal in the first and Gabriel Landeskog clinched it with an empty-netter. Alex Pietrangelo, David Perron, and Oskar Sundqvist scored for the Blues.

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