Valeri Nichushkin's two-goal game leads Avs past Sabres

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Valeri Nichushkin scored two goals, Mikko Rantanen added a goal and two assists and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 in Denver on Wednesday night.

Sam Malinski scored his first NHL goal and added an assist, Miles Wood also scored, Nathan MacKinnon had two assists and Ivan Prosvetov turned away 29 shots for Colorado. The Avalanche finished 3-2-0 on a five-game