Avs win 6-4 to ruin Kraken's home playoff debut, take 2-1 series lead

SEATTLE — Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen scored in the third period and the Colorado Avalanche ruined Seattle Kraken’s first home playoff game with a 6-4 victory Saturday night in Game 3 of the first-round series.

MacKinnon scored his first two goals of the playoffs, Cale Makar added his first of this postseason after winning the Conn Smythe Trophy during last year’s championship run, and Rantanen scored for the second straight game, ending the game with an empty-net goal with 2:14 left.

MacKinnon found the net late in the first period to give Colorado a 2-1 lead. His second goal was even slicker, as he took the puck up ice and ripped a wrist shot past Seattle goalie Philipp Grubauer for a 5-3 lead.

That goal came just moments after Rantanen silenced the Seattle crowd with a goal of his own.

J.T. Compher added a  short-handed marker in the first period and Makar’s goal at 4:33 of the second period put the Avalanche up 3-1 lead. Makar’s goal came off a clean faceoff win. 



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