DENVER — Valeri Nichushkin scored two power-play goals and added an empty-netter to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-1 victory over Winnipeg on Sunday that left the Jets in must-win mode for the rest of the first-round playoff series.
Artturi Lehkonen and Cale Makar also scored for the Avalanche, who took a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven matchup.The Jets will look to avoid elimination in Game 5 on Tuesday night at Canada Life Centre.
Colorado came out flying in front of a vocal sellout crowd at Ball Arena, firing nine shots at Connor Hellebuyck over the first seven minutes. Georgiev made a brilliant pad save to stone Vladislav Namestnikov late in the first period. Colorado outshot Winnipeg 13-9 over the first 20 minutes. Colorado's top line of MacKinnon, Nichushkin and Mikko Rantanen was quiet over the first half of the game. That changed once Nichushkin tipped in a Makar point shot at 11:36.
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