In a notable NHL encounter, the Colorado Avalanche triumphed over the Nashville Predators with a score of 3-0, thanks to a solid performance by Mackenzie Blackwood in goal.
Blackwood made 35 saves, securing the victory for the Avalanche.
The game, played on Saturday night, saw Brent Burns open the scoring early, followed by goals from Nathan MacKinnon and Jack Drury, both into the empty net.
This victory extends Colorado’s winning streak to eight consecutive games, their best performance since March 2024, where they achieved nine straight wins.
The Avalanche consolidate their position as league leaders, leading the Carolina Hurricanes by five points.
Juuse Saros, Predators’ goalie, made 23 saves, but couldn’t prevent his team’s defeat, which has lost seven of its last eight games.
This game marked the return of the Predators to North America after playing two Global Series games in Stockholm, Sweden, against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Predators suffered their second consecutive shutout.
For Blackwood, this was his first shutout of the season and the fifteenth of his career.
Burns scored the first goal of the match 15 seconds into the start, with a powerful shot from outside the circle.
The score remained 1-0 until the final minutes of the third period, when MacKinnon and Drury secured the victory with empty-net goals.
MacKinnon has three goals in his last two games.
Cale Makar, Colorado defenseman, failed to register any points in an away game for the first time this season.
Despite being outshot by the Avalanche in the first period (16-6), the Predators failed to score.
This was only the fifth time this season that an opponent outshot the Avalanche, who maintain a 5-0-0 record in those games.
Blackwood stopped an attempt by the Predators’ Michael McCarron in the third period, keeping the score at zero.
The Predators captain, Roman Josi, returned to the team after missing 12 games due to an upper-body injury.
