CALGARY -- Parker Kelly scored twice, and the Colorado Avalanche held on to win 4-2 against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday. Valeri Nichushkin and Ryan Lindgren scored for the Avalanche (40-24-3), who have points in eight straight (7-0-1). Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves.

Parker Kelly scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 4-2. Ryan Lindgren and Valeri Nichushkin also scored for Colorado, which has points in eight straight (7-0-1).

Colorado Avalanche forward Parker Kelly had plenty of reasons to be excited on Friday night. He snapped a 20-game goalless drought, his second career two-goal game in the NHL came more than three years after his first one and his big night came in front of a bunch of friends and family that had made the trek south from his hometown of Camrose,