Colorado turn a slow start into a rout
Detroit won the opening period on the shot count and still left Denver with nothing. The Avalanche beat the Red Wings 4-0 on Saturday night, and the gap between the early shot chart and the final scoreboard says plenty about how this one turned. Detroit held a 13-1 shot advantage late in the first period. Then they went more than 14 minutes without a shot on net, and Colorado answered by putting the next 15 pucks on goal before the first one went in.
Martin Necas scored on a second-period rebound and added a second in the third, when a puck popped up off a Nathan MacKinnon point shot that Daniil Tarasov had stopped. Cale Makar also scored on the power play, and MacKinnon had a goal of his own, a one-timer with the man advantage in the middle frame.
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Blackwood’s first shutout, Bednar’s 800th
Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season. Most of his work came early, including a save on Emmitt Finnie in the first period, before Colorado took over. Tarasov stopped 25 shots at the other end.
The result carries some history. Detroit were the only team to shut out Colorado last season, playoffs included, so this was a measure of payback. It was also Jared Bednar’s 800th game behind the Avalanche bench.
Midway through the third, Moritz Seider and Gabe Landeskog dropped the gloves in the corner. Detroit open a four-game road trip with this loss and have dropped three straight, and four of their last five.
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