Martinook leads Coyotes over Avs
DENVER -- Jordan Martinook scored goals in the first minute of the first and third periods, Anthony DeAngelo scored in his NHL debut and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Max Domi had a goal and an assist and Louis Domingue had 25 saves for the Coyotes. Anthony Duclair and Radim Vrbata had two assists each.
Nathan MacKinnon and Rene Bourque scored for Colorado. Calvin Pickard stopped 21 shots for the Avalanche, who lost four of their last five.
Two quick goals late in the second period gave Arizona the lead, and Martinook made it a two-goal game just 11 seconds into the third period. Arizona controlled the faceoff and Vrbata fed Martinook with a cross-ice pass and he scored easily for his fifth of the season.
Colorado pulled Pickard for an extra skater with 1:20 left but couldn't score.
Martinook gave the Coyotes the early lead with his fourth goal of the season. He skated in on the left side and beat Pickard with a shot to the short side 28 seconds into the game.
It was the second straight game the Avalanche allowed a goal in the first minute.
Colorado evened it up on its first power-play chance when Bourque tipped Erik Johnson's shot from the point 38 seconds into the second period. It was Bourque's second goal of the season.
MacKinnon gave Colorado a 2-1 lead at 6:09 of the second with his second goal of the season and first since opening night.
Arizona grabbed the lead back with two quick goals. DeAngelo tied it at 16:15 and Domi got his first goal of the season at 17:26 to make it 3-2.
NOTES: The Avalanche had a video tribute and held a moment of silence for former player Marek Svatos, who passed away suddenly Saturday night at age 34. ... The Coyotes recalled D Anthony DeAngelo and C Tyler Gaudet from Tucson of the AHL on Monday. Gaudet played 16 games for Arizona last season. ... Colorado LW Blake Comeau missed his second straight game with a groin injury. Cody McLeod took his place on the fourth line. ... Coyotes C Martin Hanzal (lower body injury) and D Michael Stone (upper body injury) remained out of the lineup. Hanzal missed his third straight game and Stone has missed five games.