Avalanche's Cale Makar: Snaps point drought

Makar had a power-play assist, three shots on net and three blocks in Saturday's 4-3 loss to Toronto.

Makar picked up the secondary helper on Artturi Lehkonen's first-period strike. The assist snapped a seven-game drought without a point for Makar, easily the longest such run for the offensively gifted blueliner this season. Despite the recent fallow stretch, Makar's 61 points rank second in scoring among defensemen behind only Vancouver's Quinn Hughes (70 points).