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In a dominant performance on Thursday night, the Colorado Avalanche secured a 7-3 victory over the still-winless Calgary Flames, powered by Cale Makar's two goals and an assist. Devon Toews and Jaden Schwartz also contributed two goals apiece, while Nathan MacKinnon added a goal and two assists for the Avalanche, who improved to 3-1-0 and rebounded from a 3-2 loss in Winnipeg the previous night.
Scott Wedgewood made his season debut in net for Colorado, stopping 26 shots to earn the win in his 200th career NHL game. For Calgary, Adam Klapka, Mikael Backlund, and Kevin Bahl found the back of the net, but it wasn't enough to avoid the team's fourth straight loss to open the season (0-4-0). The Flames are the only NHL team yet to record a point and have been outscored 23-6, giving them a league-worst minus-17 goal differential. Flames goaltender Devin Cooley made 23 saves in the defeat.
After the first period ended in a 1-1 tie, Colorado exploded for three goals in less than five minutes during the second period. The Avalanche then added two more early in the third to put the game out of reach. Both teams will return to action on Saturday night, with Colorado hosting Toronto and Calgary hosting Anaheim.
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