MacKinnon, Avalanche stay hot with 4-1 win over Ducks

<p>ANAHEIM, Calif. &mdash; Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist to extend his point streak to nine games and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Sunday. </p>
<p>Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and two assists for the Avalanche, who have won seven of eight. Jonas Johansson made 24 saves.</p>
<p>Colorado went 6-1-1 in the season series against Anaheim.</p>
<p>Jamie Drysdale scored and John Gibson made 33 saves for the Ducks, who are 1-4-1 in their past six.</p>
<p>The Ducks cut it to 2-1 at 12:37 of the third period when Drysdale scored on a long shot through traffic, but Ryan Graves’ shot deflected off two Anaheim players to give Colorado a two-goal lead again at 14:13.</p>
<p>MacKinnon made it 4-1 at 16:54. He has seven goals and eight assists during his streak, the longest for the Avalanche this season.</p>
<p>Landeskog gave Colorado a 2-0 lead at 6:35 of the second by tipping MacKinnon’s shot from the high slot during a power play with a two-man advantage.</p>
<p>It was the Avalanche’s first 5-on-3 goal this season. They entered with a league-leading 35 goals in 5-on-4 situations.</p>
<p>Andre Burakovsky put the Avalanche up 1-0 at 7:46 of the first with a wrist shot from the slot after stealing the puck from Cam Fowler. Burakovsky’s third goal in four games came less than 30 seconds after Johansson denied Max Jones twice off a 2-on-1 rush. </p>
<p>ROAD TRIP</p>
<p>After being traded to the Avalanche from San Jose on Saturday, goalie Devan Dubnyk joined his new team after having a car service drive him down the California coast and avoid any quarantine that would have come with traveling on a commercial flight. </p>
<p>“When I was sitting in the car, it kind of hit me a little bit that how great of an opportunity this is to have a chance to win a Stanley Cup,” he said. </p>
<p>Dubnyk, who last played for the Sharks on March 27, isn’t sure when he will make his first start for Colorado after backing up Johansson on Sunday. </p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Avalanche: Host Arizona on Monday. 
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<p>Ducks: At San Jose on Monday. </p>
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