SEATTLE — Joel Kiviranta scored twice, and Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar each extended his season-opening point streak to seven games for the Colorado Avalanche in a 3-2 win against the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on Tuesday.
MacKinnon scored a power-play goal, and Makar had two assists for the Avalanche (3-4-0), who won their third straight. MacKinnon has 12 points (three goals, nine assists) during his point streak, and Makar has 14 points (two goals, 12 assists).
“I think if you look at all of our games over the course of a year, [MacKinnon and Makar] are very impactful and on the score sheet a lot,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “I think the difference this year is we needed them to be that way right out of the gate because of players that are missing from the lineup…