Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored two goals and Valeri Nichushkin added a goal and assist to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 7-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night in Las Vegas. Gabriel Landeskog, playing in his 600th NHL game, scored a goal for Colorado, as did Mikko Rantanen, Matt Nieto and Nazem Kadri. Max Pacioretty, William Carrier and Ryan Reaves scored for Vegas. Bellemare gave the Avalanche a 1-0 lead at the 4:37 mark of the first period, cutting inside defenseman Shea Theodore in the left circle and then beating Fleury with a backhand. Vegas tied it midway through the period when Reaves’ shot from the right circle caromed off the pads of Francouz but then was knocked into the net by the stick of Avalanche defenseman Nikita Zadorov.

Source: National Post December 24, 2019 06:00 UTC