Columbus erupts for seven, snaps Colorado’s three-game win streak

The Columbus Blue Jackets crushed the Colorado Avalanche 7-2 on Tuesday, Nov. 3 (today), ending Colorado’s three-game winning streak. Charlie Coyle drove the attack with two goals and two assists for four points, three shots and a plus-five rating. Mathieu Olivier added a goal and two assists for three points, with two shots, two hits and a plus-four. Cole Sillinger posted a goal and an assist, two points, two shots and plus-three, while Zach Werenski supplied two assists and finished plus-four. Ivan Provorov scored Columbus’s power-play goal; Colorado’s Nazem Kadri also scored on the power play, and Cale Makar led the Avalanche with a goal, an assist, five shots and minus-three. Cam Talbot stopped 25 of 27 shots for Columbus (.926); Colorado’s Scott Wedgewood made five saves on nine shots (.556), and Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 11 of 14 (.786). Nathan MacKinnon had two assists and three shots for Colorado, but the Avalanche’s offense could not match Columbus’s seven-goal surge.