Outshot 34-24, Colorado Won 6-3: Mackenzie Blackwood and 20 Blocked Shots

Outshot 34-24, Colorado Won 6-3: Mackenzie Blackwood and 20 Blocked Shots

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Tampa Bay won 59.4 percent of the faceoffs and outshot Colorado 34-24. The Colorado Avalanche still won 6-3 on Friday night, because Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 31 of those 34 shots and the skaters in front of him blocked 20 more before they got there.

The Avalanche are 6-4-1 after the win at Ball Arena in front of 18,104. The Tampa Bay Lightning dropped to 7-3-0.

Blackwood Was Best on the Penalty Kill

Blackwood finished with a .912 save percentage, per ESPN's box score, and seven of his saves came with Tampa Bay on the power play. The Lightning had six power plays and scored on one. Brett Kulak blocked five shots by himself in 21:06, and Parker Kelly blocked three more. Tampa Bay also threw 30 hits to Colorado's 16, so the Lightning won most of the physical battles and still lost the game.

The contrast at the other end was stark. Andrei Vasilevskiy faced 23 shots and allowed five goals, a .783 save percentage.

Nathan MacKinnon Had a Hand in Four Goals

Nathan MacKinnon scored once and assisted on three others, finishing plus-4 and winning 9 of 15 faceoffs. Six different Avalanche players scored: MacKinnon, Nazem Kadri on the power play, Fedor Svechkov, Devon Toews, Artturi Lehkonen and Martin Necas, who also had two assists. Jake Guentzel scored twice for Tampa Bay on seven shots, and Charle-Edouard D'Astous had the other goal.

Colorado visits Nashville on Sunday. Tampa Bay plays at Utah on Saturday. Full numbers are in the ESPN box score. More hockey on our NHL page.