MacKinnon Rantanen lead Avalanche to 52 win over Stars

DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored twice, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and three assists, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Saturday night. Logan O’Connor and Valeri Nichushkin also scored to help the Avalanche win for the 10th time in their last 12 games. Alexandar Georgiev stopped 26 shots. “We’ve been a resilient group,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “You’re not going to win every game, but I do feel like your response after a loss is huge. When you come up to a big game, sometimes you’ve going to succeed, sometimes you’re going to fail…