Nathan MacKinnon carries Avalanche past Red Wings

Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist to add to his NHL points lead, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 in Denver on Tuesday night.MacKinnon has 107 points (29 goals, 78 assists) in the race for the Art Ross Trophy.Devon Toews had a goal and two assists, Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin and Logan O’Connor also scored and Martin Necas and Jonathan Drouin had two assists each for Colorado (44-25-3, 91 points), which is 11-1-1 since Feb. 23.J.T. Compher had a goal and an assist, Austin Watson also scored and Alex Lyon made 23 saves for Detroit (33-32-6, 72 points).The Red Wings were without goaltender Petr Mrazek, who was injured 1:38 into the win at Utah on Monday night.Compher got Detroit on the board against his old team on the first power play of the night. Michael Rasmussen had the puck down low, sent a pass to Compher in the slot, and his one-timer beat Mackenzie Blackwood six minutes into the game.Blackwood turned away 21 shots.

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