Avalanche save crucial penalty shot, hold off Flyers

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Mackenzie Blackwood made 23 saves, including one on Trevor Zegras' third-period penalty shot, and the visiting Colorado Avalanche beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Sunday.

Blackwood started games on consecutive days for the first time this season and came up huge late with 13 stops in the third for the Avalanche, who won both ends of their back-to-back.

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