Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and three assists as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 on Friday, AP and PuckBeat reported. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 31 shots. Jake Guentzel scored twice for Tampa Bay.

Devon Toews, Fedor Svechkov, Artturi Lehkonen and Martin Necas also scored for Colorado, which snapped a two-game skid, AP and PuckBeat reported. Nazem Kadri scored his first goal of the season, AP said. Charle-Edouard D'Astous added a goal for the Lightning, who saw a three-game winning streak end, PuckBeat said.

Colorado led 3-0 early in the second before Guentzel scored on a power play, PuckBeat reported. Lehkonen restored a three-goal lead on a pass from MacKinnon. Guentzel scored again late in the second to make it 4-2. The Avalanche challenged for a missed stoppage and lost the review, AP and PuckBeat said.

MacKinnon's goal early in the third made it 5-2. D'Astous cut it to 5-3 before Necas scored into an empty net, PuckBeat reported. Nikita Kucherov was held without a point and remains tied with Steven Stamkos for the franchise career points lead at 1,137, AP said. Logan O'Connor played his season debut after a lower-body injury and logged nearly 15 minutes, PuckBeat reported. Brayden Point had two assists for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 18 saves in the loss, PuckBeat said. Colorado opened the scoring 1:08 into the first on a Toews wrist shot and led 3-0 before Tampa Bay answered, the report said. Necas also had two assists besides his empty-net goal.

What we know: MacKinnon had a goal and three assists in Colorado's 6-3 home win over Tampa Bay.
What we don't: How either team responds on the next stop of the trip, or when Kucherov breaks the franchise points tie.