Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and three assists, Logan O'Connor scored a short-handed goal for the third straight game and added an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-4 in Denver on Saturday night.
Nathan MacKinnon and Ryan Johansen had a goal and assist each, Mikko Rantanen and Fredrik Olofsson also scored, and Alexandar Georgiev turned away 23 shots for Colorado.
The Avalanche got the equalizer in the final moments of the first period when MacKinnon sent a pass to the front of the net and Johansen tipped it in at 19:54. It was his second goal of the season. It was O'Connor's third of the season and tied Joe Sakic for the most consecutive games with a short-handed goal in Avalanche history.
Just 1:25 later, Bunting gave Carolina a 3-2 lead with his second of the season, but Olofsson tied it at 12:21 when he scored his first of the season and first with Colorado.
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