Avalanche Build Early Lead With Three Second-Period Goals to Top Flames

Colorado beat Calgary 5-2 at Ball Arena in Denver on Oct. 31, 2026. An early Avalanche lead held, then three second-period goals followed. Lehkonen scored two. MacKinnon had a goal and an assist. Necas and Nelson scored. Makar recorded four assists. Blackwood stopped 25 shots. Farabee reached five goals on the year for the Flames. Pospisil scored his third in the third period. Sergeev made his second NHL start with Cooley injured and had been in the AHL two days prior. Calgary played the second night of a back-to-back after a win over Seattle in Calgary. CONTESTED: Accounts differ on Sergeev’s save total, 28-of-33 in one and 29 in another. Left-rated coverage stressed Colorado jumping on a gassed Flames side and a home cruise. Vancouver Sun coverage called it a predictably tough schedule-loss against a Cup contender and wrote there was little for Calgary to learn or overreact to, noting the Flames had been on the ice 21 hours earlier in another country. The Flames stood at 6-8-0 after the opening month. Cooley was day-to-day.