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Dec 2, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon (29) during the second period against the Vancouver Canucks at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nNathan MacKinnon scored twice to extend his NHL lead, Brock Nelson also scored, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 in Denver on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Gabriel Landeskog contributed two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood turned away all 10 shots he faced in relief of Scott Wedgewood for Colorado, which has won nine straight at home.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Wedgewood left midway through the second period with an upper-body injury after making 10 saves and was ruled out before the third period. Wedgewood leads the NHL in wins with 13.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Valeri Nichushkin returned after missing eight games with a lower-body injury.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The Avalanche remained unbeaten in 13 home games (11-0-2) and earned at least a point in their 17th straight game (14-0-3). Colorado has just one regulation loss in 26 games. It is the second longest into a season with just one regulation loss, trailing only the 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers (37 games).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Linus Karlsson had a goal and Kevin Lankinen made 28 saves for Vancouver. The Canucks have lost six of their last seven and are 2-6-2 in their last 10 games.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Vancouver forward Evander Kane left the game late in the third period holding his left wrist. He went straight to the locker room and didn’t return.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Karlsson gave Vancouver the lead just 2:55 into the game when he got a pass from Arshdeep Bains, stickhandled on Wedgewood and beat him with a backhander in close.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n MacKinnon tied it in the final minute of the first period. Devon Toews took a shot from the right side, the rebound went to MacKinnon in the left circle and he chipped it over Lankinen’s right pad at 19:23.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Nelson, who had four points in a 7-2 win over Montreal on Saturday, gave Colorado the lead when Landeskog fed him as he skated down the slot and he wristed it over Lankinen’s right shoulder at 13:52.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n MacKinnon again struck in the final minute of a period when his one-timer on a pass from Landeskog beat Lankinen at 19:26.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n