Popovic said there was nothing to report on either man as far as the Wanderers

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Nathan MacKinnon had been waiting for the puck to go in for him. The Colorado Avalanche center entered his fourth NHL season with plenty of promise, only to score just twice in the seasons first 15 games.The top overall draft pick in 2013 was feeling a bit better Saturday night after scoring the game-winning goal.MacKinnon brought the puck up the center of the ice and used a Wild defenseman to screen his shot, scoring with 10 minutes left to finish off Colorados third-period comeback. He added an assist in the Avalanches 3-2 win at Minnesota.MacKinnon has scored in back-to-back games to rekindle hopes of a big season after he signed a seven-year, $44.1 million contract extension in the offseason.I feel like Ive had a lot of good chances the first 17 games, MacKinnon said. When I went 10 straight without a goal, I felt like, you dont deserve goals, but you feel like youre around the net and it should start going in. It was tough there for a while and its nice to finally see a couple go in, for sure.Calvin Pickard stopped 41 shots in beating the Wild for the second time this season. Hes allowed two goals on 73 shots.If youre sharp, they throw a lot of pucks to the net and both games weve played weve been good at boxing out rebounds and letting me see the puck, Pickard said. We did that again tonight, with big efforts from our D and our forwards helping out down low as well.The Avalanche trailed 2-0 heading into the final period, but goals by Mikko Rantanen and Carl Soderberg just 3 minutes apart tied the game.Devan Dubnyk made 31 saves for Minnesota, but his shutout streak was snapped at 156 minutes, 6 seconds. Charlie Coyle and Tyler Graovac scored for the Wild, who had been 6-0-1 when leading after two periods.We stopped playing, Dubnyk said. I dont know what happened. Thats not like us. Things are going to happen, and they might get one or two, but we just stopped playing in our end. I dont know if we thought it was going to be an easy third with the way the game was going, but we had a pretty good game going and thats a waste of a game.Colorado earned its first victory of the season when trailing after two. The Avalanche were 0-9-0 when entering the second intermission with a deficit.Third periods havent been our friend this season, MacKinnon said. Weve been struggling late in games. For whatever reason, we cant seem to tie it up and get the win. Were going to feed off this. Scoring three goals in the third period is big, after being shut out after two. Beating a goalie like Dubnyk is no easy task.Dubnyk had allowed just nine goals in his previous nine starts.The flurry of goals came in the third, but the teams traded shots in the first. They combined for 41 shots in the period, setting a Minnesota record for one period. The Wild had 21 shots, a franchise mark for the first period.Game notes Minnesota forward Zach Parise was scratched prior to the game with an illness. He had returned to play two games after missing six because of a lower-body injury. ... Colorado C Matt Duchene (concussion) missed his fourth straight game, while F Gabriel Landeskog (lower-body injury) missed his second game in a row. ... The Avalanche were fifth in the NHL in most penalty minutes per game coming in and proceeded to take five minor penalties. The Wild went 1 of 4 on the power play. ... Minnesota started a stretch of three straight games and four of five against Central Division opponents. ... Wild D Marco Scandella (high ankle sprain) returned to practice Friday. Scandella has missed eight games and is eligible to return from long-term injured reserve next week.UP NEXTAvalanche: Colorados three-game road trip ends Monday against the Columbus Blue Jackets.Wild: Minnesota has a one-game trip to Dallas on Monday. 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Western Sydney coach Tony Popovic will look to bolster his squad in the new year with one eye on their 2017 Asian Champions League campaign, even if he wont reveal what areas he will spend in.Sydney FC keeper Vedran Janjetovic and off contract striker Robbie Keane, the Republic of Irelands all-time leading scorer, are the players rumoured to be in the frame.Janjetovic has been granted indefinite leave by the Sky Blues to deal with personal issues and Keanes wage demands could prove beyond the Wanderers scope.Popovic said there was nothing to report on either man as far as the Wanderers were concerned.But with the January transfer window drawing closer, Popovic made it clear the Wanderers have the salary cap room to augment their squad.If we feel that someone can help strengthen the squad that will happen in January, Popovic said.Well certainly strengthen in January in areas that we believe we need.I wont reveal the areas Im looking at but theres a few areas that weve targeted that we feel can help us with the period that we have with the Champions League.How quickly those new players might be used could bow be anyones guess with the Wanderers getting back on the A-League winners list in fine style.Nicolas Martinez and Mitch Nicholls wwere superb as Western Sydney won 4-1 in Gosford to move above the Mariners on the table.dddddddddddd.Prior to Saturday nights win, the Wanderers had drawn five of their previous six games, losing the other one.We have been performing well, its here for everyone to see, but we havent got the results, Popovic said.We keep believing in what were doing and you can see thats a very confident team out there that finished a game off very strong..We havent been able to put teams away, so it was nice to get four goals.Mariners coach Paul Okon said he couldnt fault the application, attitude and hunger of his starting side, in which striker Roy ODonovan was the only player aged over 25.Can we improve?, absolutely, Okon said.We need to be better in those important moments that we need to defend better, but well continue to improve.Mariners midfielders Mickael Tavares and Nick Montgomery missed the match with ankle and hamstring injuries respectively.Okon said Montgomery was a good chance of being back for next Saturdays game away to Wellington and he would have a better idea of Tavares prospects on Monday or Tuesday. 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