Nichushkin scored 13 seconds later to make it 3-0 at 3:26 when he cleaned up the rebound of Manson\u2019s point shot at the right side of the crease. Binnington made the initial save but the puck caromed to Nichushkin for the snap shot over the left leg.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was excellent tonight. A couple games ago, I just felt like he started skating more with the puck and just powering through guys,\u201d Bednar said. \u201cI was really happy to see it because he’s been working real hard lately.\u201d<\/p>\n
MacKinnon scored again to make it 4-0 with a one-timer from the left dot at 4:39. Necas passed it over to him from the high slot to set up the play.<\/p>\n
Nelson scored a power-play goal to make it 5-0 at 9:41 of the second period. He one-timed Makar\u2019s pass short side from just above the right dot.<\/p>\n
\u201cTonight we wanted to make sure we had a fast start, and that was a really fast start,\u201d Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog<\/a> said. \u201cFirst period was really good, and then we were able to keep that momentum as well. I thought it was a real strong effort overall, through the whole top to bottom, all the way through.\u201d<\/p>\n Dvorsky cut it to 5-1 at 14:32 of the third period when his one-timer from the right half-wall went far side through traffic.<\/p>\n \u201cEspecially against this team, we need to be more disciplined, play tighter. I think the last 10 minutes of the first period, we clawed back a little bit,\u201d Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist<\/a> said. \u201cWe need to build our game. We need to focus on us. [Tonight] wasn\u2019t good enough, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n