The Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 at Ball Arena on Saturday. Artturi Lehkonen posted four points and Casey Mittelstadt posted three points, while Jonathan Drouin and Cale Makar each scored the 100th goals of their respective careers. With the win, the Avs improved to 28-18-1.

Colorado's Artturi Lehkonen is congratulated on his goal by Josh Manson (42) on Thursday at Xcel Energy Center while Wild winger Mats Zuccarello and goalie Filip Gustavsson are unhappy during their 6-1 loss.

Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and two assists, Cale Makar also scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 6-3

The Avs have stumbled of late, but they beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 Saturday. Here are three takeaways from Colorado's win.

Lehkonen tied his NHL career high for points in a game. It was a big game for the winger who had been limited to two goals in his previous eight contests. Lehkonen is putting together a bit of Cy Young season,

Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and his NHL-leading 53rd assist of the season to help the Colorado Avalanche rout the Minnesota ... Artturi Lehkonen also scored, and Mackenzie Blackwood made 24 saves. Zach Bogosian scored for the second straight game for the Wild.

The Colorado Avalanche finish their first back-to-back series of the new year 1-1-0. After a 3-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, they came ready to play against the Minnesota Wild, who currently sit at 4th in the league and 2nd in the western conference.

The short-handed Minnesota Wild fought for a while ... Instead, the Avs came back and got a short-handed goal from Artturi Lehkonen at 7:42. That was the back breaker that put the game entirely out of reach for the Wild. Nathan MacKinnon scored 1 minute ...

The Colorado Avalanche poured it on during a 6-1 win over the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center. Logan O’Connor and Ross Colton both scored in the first period to give the Avs the lead for good,

Cale Makar shook off a puck to the skate to score twice, Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and two assists to tie a career high for points, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 in Denver on Saturday.

Minnesota was without its top three defensemen against high-flying Colorado, and Brock Faber, Jared Spurgeon and Jonas Brodin were sorely missed.

The Minnesota Wild hosted the Colorado Avalanche for their first season meeting on Thursday evening, Jan. 9. The Wild were still without Kirill Kaprizov, Brock Faber, Jared Spurgeon, and Jakub Lauko.