Martin Necas had two goals and two assists, Gavin Brindley scored a tiebreaking goal late in the second period and added an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 in Denver on Thursday.

Gabriel Landeskog, Artturi Lehkonen and Brock Nelson also had goals and Mackenzie Blackwood made 19 saves for Colorado, which has won five straight and seven of the past eight (7-0-1).

Nathan MacKinnon, the NHL's leading scorer with 33 points, added an assist to extend his point streak to 11 games (eight goals, 15 assists). He is now tied with Peter Stanstny for second on the franchise list with 1,048 points. Joe Sakic holds the record with 1,641 points.

Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist, Bowen Byram and Jordan Greenway also scored and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen turned away 26 shot

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