[1/3] Oct 21, 2023; Denver, Colorado, USA; Carolina Hurricanes Callahan Burke (68) chases down the puck as Colorado Avalanche center Andrew Cogliano (11) comes in on the play in the first period at Ball Arena.
The Hurricanes took the early lead when Kotkaniemi beat Georgiev in front of the net at 16:09 of the first period.
It was his second goal of the season.
It was O'Connor's third of the season and tied Joe Sakic for the most consecutive games with a short-handed goal in Avalanche history.
Lehkonen scored his second goal 1:49 later, MacKinnon got his third soon after and Rantanen's fourth of the season at 19:35 of the period made it 6-3.
Persons:
Carolina Hurricanes Callahan Burke, Andrew Cogliano, John Leyba, Artturi Lehkonen, Logan O'Connor, Nathan MacKinnon, Ryan Johansen, Mikko Rantanen, Fredrik Olofsson, Alexandar Georgiev, Jesperi, Jaccob Slavin, Brent Burns, Michael Bunting, Stefan Noesen, Pyotr Kochetkov, Sebastian Aho, Frederik Andersen, Kotkaniemi, Georgiev, MacKinnon, Johansen, O'Connor, Joe Sakic, Burns, Bunting, Olofsson, Lehkonen
Organizations:
Carolina Hurricanes, Colorado Avalanche, Ball, Hurricanes, Avalanche, Colorado, Thomson
Locations:
Denver , Colorado, USA, Denver, Colorado, Carolina