St. Louis Blues at Colorado Avalanche
· National Hockey League
Necas and Roy score quick goals as the Avalanche rout the Blues 6-1
Necas, who finished with two goals and an assist, is off to a fast start with two goals and two assists after notching the first 100-point season of his career in 2025-26.
Nathan MacKinnon continued his hot start with three assists and has five points in the first two games, both blowouts by Colorado. MacKinnon, last year’s Rocket Richard winner with 53 goals, scored two goals in the 8-4 win over Los Angeles on Wednesday night.
Necas and Cale Makar, who signed an eight-year, $163.2 million extension that kicks in next season, scored in the first period and the Avs blew it open in the second.
Josh Manson scored at 5:38, Artturi Lehkonen stole St. Louis goaltender Jordan Binnington’s clearing pass and knocked it into the empty net six minutes later, and then Roy and Necas put it away with goals in the final 1:58.
Necas’ second goal came on another misplay of the puck by Binnington. It is the second straight game against Colorado that Binnington has allowed six goals, with the other occurring on New Year’s Eve of 2025. He allowed six goals on 36 shots in his season debut.
Mackenzie Blackwood had 25 saves but lost his shutout bid when Dalibor Dvorsky scored at 2:34 of the third period.
The Blues opened their season with a 4-0 win at Dallas on Friday night but couldn’t generate much offense against the fast-skating Avalanche. St. Louis had just four shots on goal in the first period and 11 in the second and third.
Avalanche: Play their first road game of the season at the Jets on Wednesday night.
Regular Season SeriesCOL leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 4:09 | Cale Makar Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Martin Necas (2), Nathan MacKinnon (1) |
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Goal | 1st Period 13:12 | Martin Necas Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (2), Artturi Lehkonen (1) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 5:38 | Josh Manson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Nicolas Roy (1), Parker Kelly (2) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 11:40 | Artturi Lehkonen Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: none |
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Goal | 2nd Period 18:02 | Nicolas Roy Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Parker Kelly (3), Josh Manson (2) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 18:25 | Martin Necas Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Gabriel Landeskog (1), Nathan MacKinnon (3) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 2:34 | Dalibor Dvorsky Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Theo Lindstein (1) |
Statistics
 STL |
 COL |
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|---|---|---|
| 14 | Blocked Shots | 15 |
| 28 | Hits | 16 |
| 3 | Takeaways | 4 |
| 26 | Shots | 36 |
| 0 | Power Play Goals | 0 |
| 2 | Power Play Opportunities | 4 |
| 0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 0.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 29 | Faceoffs Won | 37 |
| 43.9 | Faceoff Win Percent | 56.1 |
| 10 | Giveaways | 17 |
| 4 | Total Penalties | 2 |
| 8 | Penalty Minutes | 4 |
Colorado Avalanche Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Zachary L'Heureux, LW | Out | Oct 17 |
| Nicolas Roy, C | Out | Oct 17 |
| Logan O'Connor, RW | Injured Reserve | Oct 14 |
| Georgii Merkulov, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
St. Louis Blues Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Ross Johnston, LW | Out | Oct 17 |
| Torey Krug, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 12 |
| Dillon Dube, C | Injured Reserve | Oct 10 |
| Alexey Toropchenko, RW | Injured Reserve | Oct 5 |
| Tyler Tucker, D | Injured Reserve | Sep 30 |
