Avalanche cave in struggling Senators with offensive explosion

Brock Nelson scored twice in Colorado's six-goal outburst in the second period, Josh Manson had two goals and two assists, and the Avalanche routed the Ottawa Senators 8-2 in Denver on Thursday night.

Manson's two goals and four points are career-highs in one game, and he also fought.

Colorado scored five times in a span of 6 minutes, 18 seconds, to blow open a close game. Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and three assists to pull within one point of Connor McDavid for the NHL scoring lead with 78 points (36 goals, 42 assists).