Avalanche 5, Coyotes 2
Ryan O'Reilly and captain Gabriel Landeskog each recorded a goal and an assist as visiting Colorado posted its third straight victory.
Jarome Iginla, Freddie Hamilton and Matt Duchene also scored for the Avalanche, who improved to 6-1-0 this month but remained seven points out of the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Semyon Varlamov turned aside 28 shots as Colorado won for the 11th time in 15 contests.
Defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson netted both goals for the Coyotes, who dropped to 1-15-1 over their last 17 games. Louis Domingue finished with 24 saves as Arizona was held to fewer than three goals for the ninth consecutive time.
Arizona opened the scoring 3:24 into the game as Ekman-Larsson converted a cross-slot pass by Sam Gagner from the right faceoff circle. O'Reilly was credited with the tying goal at 8:15, when Domingue inadvertently kicked in the puck after stopping the Colorado forward's breakaway chance.
Iginla put Colorado ahead 29 seconds later with a shot from the left faceoff circle that beat Domingue between the pads. Hamilton made it 3-1 at 8:09 of the second, redirecting defenseman Brad Stuart's blast from the right point for his first career goal, while Ekman-Larsson and Duchene traded tallies in the latter half of the third session before Landeskog sealed the win with an empty-netter.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Ekman-Larsson provided a highlight with his second tally as he hit the puck out of mid-air at the right post and banked it off Stuart before it trickled across the goal line at 11:53 of the third. ... Coyotes C Joe Vitale had his apparent goal just over five minutes into the third period disallowed as video review determined he intentionally kicked the puck into the net. ... The Avalanche swept the three-game season series, outscoring Arizona 14-7.