DENVER (AP) — Mikko Rantanen, Artturi Lehkonen and Alex Newhook each scored twice, Pavel Francouz made 29 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Colorado Avalanche routed the Ottawa Senators 7-0 on Saturday night.
Rantanen scored his 28th and 29th goals to break Joe Sakic’s 27-year-old team record for goals at the halfway point of the regular season.
Colorado had lost seven of eight games and was two days removed from a loss to the last-place Chicago Blackhawks.
The seven goals are the most the Avalanche have scored this season.Brad Hunt also scored for Colorado.
