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Six minutes in, Stefan Noesen took a seat for cross-checking Brindley. Dougie Hamilton entered the box for tripping just 11 seconds later. The Avalanche didn’t let the 5-on-3 chance pass them by. Nathan MacKinnon missed his first one-timer in the faceoff circle. Olofsson collected the loose puck and passed it to Makar. He sent it back to MacKinnon who made another one-timer in the same spot. This time, the puck went into the net. A minute later, Brent Burns sent the puck down the ice for Ross Colton in Colorado’s offensive zone. He passed it to Parker Kelly. No one was defending him and he skated up to the goal to score Colorado’s fifth of the night. Halfway into the second, the Devils scored their first goal of the night. Paul Cotter laid a heavy hit on Burns to make sure the puck stayed in the Devils’ offensive zone. Noesen picked up the loose puck and flipped it over the shoulder of Scott Wedgewood. One minute later, Luke Hughes passed the puck through traffic for Dougie Hamilton. He took a shot but his initial one was blocked. He picked up the rebound and sent the second shot behind Wedgewood. At 13:42, Timo Meier passed the puck to Nico Hischier in the Devils’ offensive zone. He was in front of the net but he passed it to Dawson Mercer, who scored the third goal of the night for the Devils. Less than a minute later, Jack Hughes sent a no-look pass behind him to Jesper Bratt. He passed it back to Hughes to score the Devils’ fourth unanswered goal in four minutes. Immediately following the Devils’ fourth goal, Meier took a seat for tripping Bardakov. Olofsson passed the puck to Makar, who passed it to MacKinnon in the faceoff circle. With a one-timer, he scored his second power play goal of the night in the exact same spot as his first. Two minutes into the third, Luke Glendening took a seat for slashing Valeri Nichushkin. In the Avalanche’s offensive zone, MacKinnon dished the puck to Olofsson. From the faceoff dot, he scored his second goal of the night on the power play opportunity. With three minutes left in the game, Jack Drury stole the puck off a bad pass from Seamus Casey. Drury dropped the puck to Olofsson to score his third of the night. With a hat trick under his belt, Olofsson ensured the Avalanche’s victory. The Devils will continue on their West Coast road trip to take on the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, Oct. 30 to close out the season series. The Avalanche will travel to Vegas to take on the Golden Knights for a Halloween matchup on Friday.
