Joel Kiviranta scored three goals, including twice into an empty net, Nathan MacKinnon notched his third straight two-assist game and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 5-2 on Sunday night.

Valeri Nichushkin and Cale Makar also added goals to propel Colorado to a third straight win. In addition to MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and Makar had two assists as the Avalanche swept the three-game season series with the Kraken. Kiviranta wrapped up the win with a pair of late empty-net scores. It was his first regular-season hat trick.

Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 17 shots, improving to 3-1 since the Avalanche traded for him in a deal that sent Alexandar Georgiev to San Jose

HURRICANES 3, RANGERS 1 >> Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 22 shots and assisted on two goals as Carolina won at New York. William Carrier, Jack Roslovic and Sebastian Aho scored for the Hurricanes, who won for the fourth time in six games and improved to 10-3-1 against Metropolitan Division opponents this season.

PANTHERS 4, LIGHTNING 2 >> A.J. Greer and Eetu Luostarinen scored short-handed goals 42 seconds apart in the second period to help Florida win at Tampa Bay to open a home-and-home series. The Panthers have won four consecutive games.