… Bowen Byram (head) remained out for Colorado. NOTES: The Avs held a moment of silence for former Denver Broncos receiver Demaryius Thomas, who died Thursday at his suburban Atlanta home at the age of 33. It was just a collision and it was nobody’s fault.” “I don’t think it’s going to be anything major. “It could have been worse for sure,” Blashill said. Red Wings rookie Lucas Raymond went to the dressing room in the second period, but later returned after getting clipped in the right leg by Kurtis MacDermid near the benches.
But Landeskog left in the second period with a lower-body injury and didn’t return. There’s extra jump, so we have to find a way, similar to what we did in Boston, to take away that momentum and energy from the crowd.”Īvs captain Gabriel Landeskog assisted on MacKinnon’s goal to extend his points streak to a career-high 10 games. Fans are back in the building, it’s exciting to be home. “It’s not uncommon to look around the league and see everyone has a great home record. “We’re looking for answers,” Detroit captain Dylan Larkin said. Makar then scored an empty-net goal just after leaving the penalty box.
Hronek went to the dressing room after Cale Makar cross-checked him into the boards late in the third period, but later returned. But they welcomed back Compher, who played on the third line as the NHL’s highest-scoring team won its third straight and sixth in a row at home. The Avs were without leading scorer Nazem Kadri, who sustained a lower-body injury Wednesday. “We’re just hungry around the net,” Burakovsky said.Īdded coach Jared Bednar: “Guys are moving well and shooting well. MacKinnon and Burakovsky scored 23 seconds apart, and Girard made it 6-2 less than three minutes later. Helm took a feed from Nicolas Aube-Kubel and scored on a breakaway at 10:49 of the first period to chase Greiss.Ĭompher, who had missed the previous 11 games with an upper-body injury, tipped in Toews’ shot at 5:01 of the first, and Andre Burakovsky scored off a one-timer just over two minutes later.Īfter Veleno slipped a backhand past Kuemper to make it 3-2 at 3:21 of the second, the Avalanche responded with an offensive onslaught. Helm signed a free-agent deal with Colorado in July. He had 251 points in 744 regular-season games with the Red Wings and won the Stanley Cup in 2008. Helm spent the previous 14 seasons in Detroit, debuting in the NHL as a 21-year-old in 2007. “They’re as good offensively as any team in the league, both on their rush and their O-zone. “This team, probably, is going to test where you are defensively probably more than any other team in the league,” Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said. Thomas Greiss was yanked after allowing three goals on seven shots, with Alex Nedeljkovic making 31 saves in relief.
“The crazy thing is we haven’t played our best hockey yet,” Toews said.ĭarcy Kuemper stopped 23 shots for Colorado, which built a 3-0 first-period lead in its first home game following a 3-1-1 trip.įilip Hronek had a goal and an assist and Vladislav Namestnikov and Joe Veleno also scored for the Red Wings in their third straight loss and seventh in a row against Colorado.
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