TORONTO (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon broke a tie off a rush with 3:25 left and the Colorado Avalanche ...

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<p>TORONTO (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon broke a tie off a rush with 3:25 left and the Colorado Avalanche overcame an early three-goal deficit to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 on Saturday night.</p>
<p>After taking a pass from Mikko Rantanen, MacKinnon stopped and set himself to whistle in a shot past Martin Jones to help Colorado win for the ninth time in 11 games.</p>
<p>Andrew Cogliano, Mikko Rantanen, Jonathan Drouin and Ross Colton also scored for Colorado, with Colton getting an empty-netter with Jones off. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 26 shots.</p>
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<p>Max Domi, Morgan Rielly and Timothy Liljegren scored in the first period for Toronto. The Maple Leafs have lost two in a row. Jones made 28 saves.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Avalanche: At Montreal on Monday night.</p>
<p>Maple Leafs: At Edmonton on Tuesday night.</p>
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<p>AP NHL: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/nhl">https://apnews.com/hub/nhl</a></p>
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TORONTO (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon broke a tie off a rush with 3:25 left and the Colorado Avalanche overcame an early three-goal deficit to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 on Saturday night.
After taking a pass from Mikko Rantanen, MacKinnon stopped and set himself to whistle in a shot past Martin Jones to help Colorado win for the ninth time in 11 games.

Avalanche overcome early 3-goal deficit to beat Maple Leafs 5-3

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