Cale Makar’s four-assist night powered Colorado past Calgary, with Artturi Lehkonen and Martin Necas supplying three goals.
Colorado beat Calgary 5-2 at Ball Arena, turning Makar’s four-assist performance into a five-goal attack. Makar finished with four points, a plus-4 rating and three shots on goal. Lehkonen scored twice on four shots, added a hit and was plus-3, while Necas had a goal and an assist, two shots, a hit and a plus-4 rating. Necas’s goal came on the power play, giving Colorado the game’s only power-play goal; Calgary finished with none. Joel Farabee and Martin Pospisil scored Calgary’s goals, with Pospisil adding six hits. Colorado goalie Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 25 of 27 shots for a .926 save percentage. Calgary’s Arsenii Sergeev made 31 saves on 36 shots, an .861 save percentage, but Colorado’s five goals settled the result.
Key Performers
Cale Makar, Colorado: 4 assists, 4 points, +4, 3 shots. Artturi Lehkonen, Colorado: 2 goals, 2 points, +3, 4 shots, 1 hit. Martin Necas, Colorado: 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points, +4, 2 shots, 1 power-play goal, 1 hit.
Standings Impact
Colorado improves from 7-5-1 with 15 points to 8-5-1 with 17. Calgary moves from 6-7-0 to 6-8-0 and remains at 12 points.
DYMA Insight
The result matched a sizable power-index gap: Colorado entered ranked No. 9 at 74.2, while Calgary was No. 27 at 43.4. Colorado’s one power-play goal and Makar’s four assists supplied the sharpest difference on the scoreboard.