Avalanche 6, Stars 3
DENVER -- Gabriel Landeskog had two goals and two assists, center John Mitchell scored a tiebreaking goal in the third period and the Colorado Avalanche rallied with five straight goals to beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Saturday night.
Center Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists and right winger Jarome Iginla and defenseman Erik Johnson also scored for the Avalanche. Goaltender Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots for Colorado.
Center Cody Eakin scored his first two goals of the season and center Mattias Janmark also scored for Dallas.
The score was tied at 3 after two periods before the Avalanche broke on top. Mitchell, who hit a post earlier in the third period, beat goalie Antii Niemi with a shot from the left circle at 8:11 to give Colorado a 4-3 lead.
Landeskog gave the Avalanche a two-goal cushion with his second goal of the season at 8:58. He got his second goal of the night and third of the season at 17:34.
The Stars, coming off a 3-0 victory over Pittsburgh on Thursday, took a 1-0 lead when Janmark struck early for the second straight game. He came down the slot, took a pass from defenseman Jason Demers and beat Varlamov with a backhander 20 seconds into the game. It was the rookie's second goal of the season.
The Avalanche tied it when MacKinnon got behind the defense, got a pass from right winger Alex Tanguay and scored on Niemi at 9:06 of the first period.
Eakin gave the Stars a 2-1 lead 1:15 later when he scored from close in, and his power-play goal at 8:50 of the second period gave Dallas a two-goal advantage.
The Avalanche quickly tied it with two power-play goals. Johnson cut Colorado's deficit to one with a slap shot from the point at 14:53 of the second period. Later in the period, Dallas was given a bench minor for too many men on the ice and Iginla cashed in with his second goal of the season at 17:51.
NOTES: Avalanche D Brad Stuart and Brandon Gormley were healthy scratches for the second straight game. C Mikhail Grigorenko also was scratched. ... C Mattias Janmark's goal 1:39 into Thursday's win was the second fastest goal by Stars rookie in franchise history. Bob Barlow scored his first goal 1:08 into his NHL debut on Oct. 11, 1969, vs. Philadelphia. ... Colorado RW Jarome Iginla tied Chicago great Stan Mikita for 36th in games played with 1,394. ... Dallas D Patrik Nemeth, D Jamie Oleksiak and C Colton Sceviour were scratches. ... Avalanche C Jesse Winchester remains sidelined because of concussion symptoms. He missed last season because of the condition.