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Valeri Nichushkin scored in a shootout, Sam Malinski, Mikko Rantanen and Logan O'Connor had goals and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in Denver on Monday night.
Nathan MacKinnon had an assist to extend his home point streak to 22 games to begin the season and Alexandar Georgiev had 23 saves through overtime and three in the shootout for Colorado.
Brad Marchand scored two goals, John Beecher also had a goal and Jeremy Swayman turned away 33 shots for Boston.
After the three shooters for the Bruins couldn't score and MacKinnon and Rantanen came up empty, Nichushkin ended the game with a wrister under Swayman's glove to win it for the Avalanche.
Stars 4, Wild 0
Matt Murray made 23 saves in his season debut and recorded his first NHL shutout in his fourth career start to help Dallas to a win over Minnesota in Saint Paul, Minn.
Tyler Seguin and Roope Hintz each had a goal and an assist for the Stars, who ended a season-long three-game losing streak. Radek Faksa and Jason Robertson also scored for Dallas.
Minnesota goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was denied the 552nd victory of his NHL career, which would have moved him past Patrick Roy for sole possession of second place for the most wins by a goalie in league history. Fleury made 16 saves.
