{"id":926459,"date":"2026-10-09T11:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926459\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:20:08","slug":"makar-mackinnon-each-gets-three-points-avalanche-keep-flames-winless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926459\/","title":{"rendered":"Makar, MacKinnon each gets three points, Avalanche keep Flames winless"},"content":{"rendered":"

Makar\u2019s second of the game, this time off a slap shot, at 5:35 of the third period pushed the lead to 5-1 before Schwartz scored 59 seconds later off a bumper pass from\u00a0T.J. Hughes<\/a> in the slot, snapping the puck in to make it 6-1 at 6:34. The assist marked Hughes’ first NHL point.<\/p>\n

\u201cA great pass to me and then \u2018Schwartzy\u2019 was just in the middle, and I kind of found him and then he had a great shot to put it away, so it felt really good,\u201d Hughes said.<\/p>\n

Backlund tipped a pass from Ryan Strome<\/a>\u00a0past Wedgewood at 7:17 to make it 6-2 before Bahl\u2019s shot from the slot deflected in off Avalanche defenseman Noah Juulsen<\/a>\u2019s stick to cut the margin to 6-3 at 8:28.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll revisit things with them (Friday at practice),” Calgary coach Ryan\u00a0Huska said, “and I think at this stage, it’s making sure we\u2019re pushing them harder in the areas that we have to be better in, but also letting them know that they\u2019ve done some good things that we need to keep on track with.”<\/p>\n

A wrist shot by Schwartz bounced off Flames defenseman Jake Middleton<\/a>\u00a0and past Cooley at 9:41 for the 7-3 final.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been really good for us,\u201d Bednar said of Schwartz. \u201cA veteran guy. He\u2019s an incredible team guy. He does a little bit of everything for you. He\u2019s like a Swiss Army knife.\u201d<\/p>\n

NOTES: Forward Logan O’Connor<\/a>, who missed Colorado\u2019s first three games of the season with a lower-body injury, is taking time away from the Avalanche to be with his family after the sudden passing of his father, Myles O’Connor, the team announced before the game. \u2026 The Avalanche have recorded a point in 12 straight games against the Flames dating to Jan. 18, 2023 (11-0-1). It\u2019s their second-longest active run versus a franchise, behind only the Sharks (14-0-1 from Nov. 13, 2021).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Makar\u2019s second of the game, this time off a slap shot, at 5:35 of the third period pushed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-926459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}