Avalanche 6, Flames 3
DENVER -- Center Matt Duchene broke a slump with two goals and the Colorado Avalanche scored twice in 1:28 apart late in the third to beat the Calgary Flames 6-3 on Tuesday.
Right winger Jarome Iginla had two goals and two assists and defenseman Erik Johnson had a goal and an assist for the Avalanche while goaltender Semyon Varlamov made 22 saves.
Center Nathan MacKinnon scored the tiebreaking goal after right winger Jiri Hudler had knotted it at 3 with his fifth of the season at 7:34. MacKinnon's shot from the slot beat Flames goalie Karri Ramo at 13:01.
Duchene got an insurance goal when he tipped in defenseman Francois Beauchemin's shot at 14:29.
Iginla added an empty-net goal at 17:11.
Left winger Johnny Gaudreau, center Sam Bennett and right winger Jiri Hudler scored for Calgary, which has won just twice in 11 games. Ramo had 36 saves.
Iginla got the better of his old team with his fifth goal of the season, giving Colorado a 2-1 lead when he tipped in defenseman Tyson Barrie's shot from the right circle at 12:19 of second period.
Iginla's tally came between two Calgary near goals. The first was waved off because the net was knocked off its moorings before the puck crossed the line and the second was disallowed because the puck was securely under Varlamov's pads when it was poked in.
Both calls were upheld upon video review.
Colorado took a 3-1 lead when Johnson scored a short-handed goal at 15:14 of the second. Calgary got within one on Bennett's second of the season at 18:33 of the period.
Duchene gave Colorado a 1-0 lead when he got his own rebound and stuffed it inside the right post with 22 seconds left in the first period. It was Duchene's second of the season and first in seven games.
Gaudreau tied at 4:08 of the second on a 3-on-1. He came down the right side and beat Varlamov with a snap shot over his right shoulder.
It was Gaudreau's second of the year and team-leading 13th point.
NOTES: The Avalanche recalled C Ben Street from San Antonio of the AHL. He was in the lineup for C John Mitchell, who was scratched with an oblique injury. ... The Flames entered are 2-for-22 on the power play in the past eight games. They also allowed five short-handed goals in last five games. ... Avalanche RW Jarome Iginla, who spent 15-plus seasons in Calgary, is the Flames' all-time leader in points (1,095), goals (525) and games played (1,219). His 570 assists rank second to Al MacInnis (609). ... The Flames entered Tuesday second in the league in blocked shots. Colorado is first.