DENVER (AP) — Arturri Lehkonen scored the go-ahead goal on a power play in his season debut and Nathan MacKinnon had five assists as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 6-3 on Tuesday night.
Mikko Rantanen added two goals for the Avalanche, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Ivan Ivan, Nikolai Kovalenko and Chris Wagner also scored for Colorado.
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Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon waves to the crowd after being announced as the number one star of the game against the Seattle Kraken following an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Seattle Kraken center Shane Wright (51) moves the puck against Colorado Avalanche center Casey Mittelstadt (37) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche defenseman Calvin de Haan (44) and Seattle Kraken center Shane Wright (51) battle on the boards during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Justus Annunen blocks a shot against the Seattle Kraken during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen celebrates a goal with teammates on the bench during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Seattle Kraken Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Justus Annunen celebrates a win against the Seattle Kraken following an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer (31) reacts after letting a goal slip past against the Colorado Avalanche during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen (96) celebrates an empty net goal against the Seattle Kraken with teammate Nathan Nathan MacKinnon (29) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon skates against the Seattle Kraken during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche left wing Artturi Lehkonen (62) is congratulated by teammate Casey Mittelstadt (37) after scoring a goal against the Seattle Kraken during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Cale Makar had two assists but the star defenseman barely played in the second half of the game. He left in the middle of the second period with an undisclosed injury and returned for less than 30 seconds in the third.
“He tweaked something late in the second. He wasn’t able to continue,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said.
MacKinnon and Makar extended their season-opening point streaks to 13 games.
Lehkonen played for the first time since offseason shoulder surgery.
Jared McCann, Jaden Schwartz and Brandon Montour scored for the Kraken.
Lehkonen snapped a 2-all tie at 6:44 of the second period, sending a slap shot past goalie Philipp Grubauer after getting a pass from MacKinnon while positioned between the circles.
Rantanen added another power-play goal at 9:11 of the second. Seattle coach Dan Bylsma challenged the play for offside, but the call stood following a lengthy replay review.
Kraken: Dropped to 3-7-1 in their last 11 regular-season games against Colorado.
Avalanche: Justus Annunen stopped 17 shots and has been in net for five of Colorado’s six wins this season.
With his pivotal goal, Lehkonen immediately bolstered a Colorado lineup weakened by injuries. After sitting out the first 12 games this season while completing his rehab, he strengthened a winger corps still missing injured Ross Colton, Gabriel Landeskog and Jonathan Drouin as well as Valeri Nichushkin, who is nearing the end of a suspension.
MacKinnon and Makar share the NHL’s longest active point streak.
Seattle hosts Vegas on Friday night.
Colorado visits Winnipeg on Thursday night.
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Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon waves to the crowd after being announced as the number one star of the game against the Seattle Kraken following an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Seattle Kraken center Shane Wright (51) moves the puck against Colorado Avalanche center Casey Mittelstadt (37) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche defenseman Calvin de Haan (44) and Seattle Kraken center Shane Wright (51) battle on the boards during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Justus Annunen blocks a shot against the Seattle Kraken during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen celebrates a goal with teammates on the bench during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Seattle Kraken Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche goaltender Justus Annunen celebrates a win against the Seattle Kraken following an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer (31) reacts after letting a goal slip past against the Colorado Avalanche during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen (96) celebrates an empty net goal against the Seattle Kraken with teammate Nathan Nathan MacKinnon (29) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon skates against the Seattle Kraken during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
Colorado Avalanche left wing Artturi Lehkonen (62) is congratulated by teammate Casey Mittelstadt (37) after scoring a goal against the Seattle Kraken during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump on Wednesday won the battleground state of Georgia, the onetime Republican stronghold that had voted for Democrats four years ago, which along with his win in North Carolina narrowed Kamala Harris’ pathways to victory and expanded his routes to reaching the 270 electoral votes needed to become the next president.
The victory left Harris heavily reliant on the “blue wall” of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to have a credible path to the White House. The crowd at Harris’ watch party at her alma mater, Howard University in Washington, began to file out after midnight.
A top Harris ally sent supporters home from her rally, with no plans for the Democratic vice president to speak.
“We will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted. That every voice has spoken,” Cedric Richmond, co-chair of the Harris campaign said. “So you won’t hear from the vice president tonight, but you will hear from her tomorrow. She will be back here tomorrow.”
Meanwhile, the Republican former president was set to address supporters early Wednesday from his campaign’s watch party in Florida.
Trump also won Florida, a one-time battleground that has shifted heavily to Republicans in recent elections. He also notched early wins in reliably Republican states such as Texas, South Carolina and Indiana. Harris won Virginia, a state Trump visited in the final days of the campaign, and took Democratic strongholds like New York, New Mexico and California. Harris also won an Electoral College vote in Nebraska that was contested by Republicans.
The Trump campaign bet that it would cut into Democrats' traditional strength with Black and Latino voters, with the former president going on male-centric podcasts and making explicit racial appeals to both groups. Nationally, Black and Latino voters appeared slightly less likely to support Harris than they were to back Joe Biden four years ago, and Trump’s support among those voters appeared to rise slightly compared to 2020, according to AP VoteCast.
The fate of democracy appeared to be a primary driver for Harris’ supporters, a sign that the Democratic nominee’s persistent messaging in her campaign’s closing days accusing Trump of being a fascist may have broken through, according to the expansive survey of more than 110,000 voters nationwide. It also found a country mired in negativity and desperate for change. Trump’s supporters were largely focused on immigration and inflation — two issues that the former Republican president has been hammering since the start of his campaign.
In his recent visits to North Carolina, Trump seized on the heavy damage caused Hurricane Helene, spreading false claims about the federal government’s response and using GoFundMe to collect millions in donations for impacted residents. Trump initially trumpeted the Republican nominee for governor, Mark Robinson, and hailed him as “Martin Luther King on steroids,” but distanced himself after a CNN report that alleged Robinson had made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board more than a decade ago.
Robinson, who lost his race Tuesday to Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein, denied writing the messages and sued CNN for defamation last month.
In another positive sign for the GOP, the party took control of the Senate, with Trump-backed Bernie Moreno flipping a seat in Ohio held by Democrat Sherrod Brown since 2007. They picked up another when Republican Jim Justice won a West Virginia seat that opened up with Sen. Joe Manchin’s retirement.
Those casting Election Day ballots mostly encountered a smooth process, with isolated reports of hiccups that regularly happen, including long lines, technical issues and ballot printing errors. Federal election security officials said there were minor disruptions throughout the day but there was no evidence of any impact to the election system. Officials determined that bomb threats that were reported in multiple states were all not credible and did not impact the ability of voters to cast their ballots.
Harris, 60, would be the first woman, Black woman and person of South Asian descent to serve as president. She also would be the first sitting vice president to win the White House in 36 years.
Trump, 78, would be the oldest president ever elected. He would also be the first defeated president in 132 years to win another term in the White House, and the first person convicted of a felony to take over the Oval Office.
He survived one assassination attempt by millimeters at a July rally. Secret Service agents foiled a second attempt in September.
Harris, pointing to the warnings of Trump's former aides, has labeled him a “fascist” and blamed Trump for putting women's lives in danger by nominating three of the justices who overturned Roe v. Wade. In the closing hours of the campaign, she tried to strike a more positive tone and went all of Monday without saying her Republican opponent's name.
Voters nationwide also were deciding thousands of other races that will decide everything from control of Congress to state ballot measures on abortion access in response to the Supreme Court’s vote in 2022 to overturn Roe v. Wade.
In Florida, a ballot measure that would have protected abortion rights in the state constitution failed after not meeting the 60% threshold to pass, marking the first time a measure protecting abortion rights failed since Roe was overturned. Earlier Tuesday, Trump refused to say how he voted on the measure and snapped at a reporter, saying, “You should stop talking about that."
In reliably Democratic New York, Colorado and Maryland, voters approved ballot measures aimed at protecting abortion rights in their state constitutions.
Associated Press writers Jill Colvin in Palm Beach, Florida, Darlene Superville and Eric Tucker in Washington, Manuel Valdes in Las Vegas and Marc Levy in Allentown, Pennsylvania, contributed to this report.
Supporters cheer before Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives for an election night campaign watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, on the campus of Howard University in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Supporters arrive at an election night watch party for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Voters cast their ballots at the Butte Civic Center in Butte, Mont., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Tommy Martino)
Chance Lenay waits in line to vote outside the Gallatin County Courthouse on Election Day in Bozeman, Mont., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Tommy Martino)
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An elections staffer hangs scanner tapes used in early voting at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Howard University students watch live election results during a watch party near an election night event for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at Howard University in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
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Volunteers check the ballots at the Bronx County Supreme Court in New York on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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Candidates for president and vice president of the United States, Democrats Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and Republicans former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, are seen on part of a mail-in election ballot in New York on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris phone banks with volunteers at the DNC headquarters on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, phone banks with volunteers at the DNC headquarters on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
People line up to vote outside Allegiant Stadium, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks as former first lady Melania Trump listens after they voted on Election Day at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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People wait in line to vote on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Three-year-old Zayn, sits on his father's shoulders as he inserts his ballot into a machine to vote at the First Presbyterian Church of Dearborn, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Voters mark their ballots at a polling station on the Navajo Nation in Fort Defiance, Ariz., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
People line up to vote outside Allegiant Stadium, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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