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The Denver Post
The Denver Post
Sport
Bennett Durando

Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon both score twice in Avalanche’s 6-3 rout of Red Wings

DENVER — It would have sounded ludicrous as recently as four days ago to credit the 2022-23 Avalanche with a feat of dominance equally impressive as the previous year’s team.

But the Stanley Cup-winning Avs only matched this one: a two-game stretch with a plus-10 goal differential.

Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon both scored twice, and with a faction of Red Wings fans almost outnumbering the home attendance at Ball Arena, the Avalanche tipped those scales in their favor with a commanding 6-3 win Monday afternoon. It would have been a plus-11 in the last two games if not for Detroit’s garbage-time score.

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