For the second straight season, the Colorado Avalanche were hot going into the midseason break and then stumbled its way through a road trip coming out of it.
Colton Parayko had the go-ahead score in St. Louis’ three-goal second period, Jordan Binnington made 27 saves and the Blues topped the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 in the second of back-to-back games for the teams.
Toews gave the Avalanche a 1-0 lead at 7:49 of the first period when he got a high-slot tip of Makar’s wrister from the right point. Makar earned his 400th NHL point on the assist, making him the third-fastest defenseman in NHL history to reach the milestone in his 374th game. Only Bobby Orr (333) and Paul Coffey (359) did it in fewer games.
The Blues used a three-goal second period to zoom past Colorado 3-1 on Sunday night, picking up points for the fifth time in the last six games.