Valeri Nichushkin tallies twice as Avs beat Rangers, win 5th straight

Valeri Nichushkin had two goals, Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar also had goals, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Rangers 4-2 in Denver on Tuesday night.

Nathan MacKinnon and Nazem Kadri had two assists each and Darcy Kuemper had 26 saves for Colorado, which has won five straight.

Ryan Strome and Julian Gauthier scored goals and Alexandar Georgiev stopped 27 shots for the Rangers.

Kadri returned to the lineup