Gabriel Landeskog scored twice and the visiting Colorado Avalanche netted the final three goals of the game for a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday.
Devon Toews had a goal and an assist and Cale Makar added two assists for the Avalanche, who have won two straight and five of their last seven. Mackenzie Blackwood made 28 saves.
Jack Roslovic, Darren Raddysh and Easton Cowen each had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who have lost four straight. Sergei Bobrovsky made 22 saves.
Raddysh opened the scoring at 3:33 of the first period. Auston Matthews set Raddysh up with a cross-ice pass and Raddysh beat Blackwood with a slap shot through traffic.
Brock Nelson tied it 1-1 at 16:09. T.J. Hughes got the puck into the Leafs zone and passed cross-ice to Nelson, who skated in on Bobrovsky and scored on a wrist shot.
Landeskog put Colorado ahead 2-1 at 17:26. Nicolas Roy drove the net to set him up for a backhand close in.
Toews made it 3-1 for Colorado at 3:31 of the second period with a snap shot from the blue line that eluded Bobrovsky.
Cowen closed the gap to 3-2 at 19:31 with a wrist shot from the right circle that narrowly squeezed between the post and Blackwood’s glove just after a Toronto power play ended.
Roslovic tied the game 3-3 at 4:11 of the third when he drove the net and scored on a backhand between Blackwood’s pads.
Landeskog put the Avalanche back in front 4-3 at 5:02. He one-timed a Nazem Kadri pass from behind the net past Bobrovsky.
Artturi Lehkonen increased the lead to 5-3 with 2:45 remaining in regulation as Cale Makar set him up for a wrist shot.
Martin Necas scored into an empty net 15 seconds later, with 2:30 remaining, for the final goal.