Avs Holds off Flames, Move to 13-2-0
The official game recap Colorado Avalanche vs Calgary Flames.It might have been more difficult than they expected, but the Colorado Avalanche managed to defeat the Calgary Flames 4-2 at Pepsi Center on Friday.
Matt Duchene scored into an empty net with 1.9 seconds to play in the third period to secure the Avalanche's 13th win in 15 games.
The Flames didn't look like a team that played Thursday, or one playing the final game of a four-game road trip that had lost eight of its previous 11.
The Avalanche built leads of 2-0 and 3-1, but the Flames kept coming back and were within 3-2 on two goals by Mike Cammalleri.
Avalanche goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere made a big save against Jiri Hudler with 2:35 to play in the third period after Hudler got loose for a shot in the slot.
Ryan O'Reilly opened the scoring for the Avalanche at 5:31 of the first period with a one-timer from the slot off a pass from PA Parenteau.
The Avalanche made it 2-0 at 1:09 of the second period when Paul Stastny scored during a two-man advantage for his fifth goal in the past five games. David Jones and Mikael Backlund were in the penalty box for separate tripping calls when Colorado defenseman Erik Johnson fired a puck off the end boards. It came to Stastny near the right post and he flipped it by goalie Karri Ramo.
The Avalanche went 1-for-15 on power plays in the previous six games.
Cammalleri scored his first goal at 6:07, connecting against Giguere from the base of the right circle after taking a pass from Backlund.
The Avalanche got that one back at 7:16 for a 3-1 lead. Nathan MacKinnon skated out of the right corner, curled into the faceoff circle and passed to John Mitchell above the right hash marks for a shot that sailed by Ramo's glove.
Cammalleri made it 3-2 at 9:46 with his fourth goal in four games. Backlund passed to Jiri Hudler behind the Avalanche net and Hudler moved to the right side. He slipped the puck to Cammalleri for a chip shot behind Giguere.
Cammalleri nearly scored again at 17:37 from in close after he accepted a pass from Hudler, but Giguere came up with a big stop.
-- by NHL.com --
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09/11/2013 - 06:01
