Colorado 3, New Jersey 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 15, 2014
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees:
Chris Rooney, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen:
Brian Murphy, Jay Sharrers
Attendance:
15626
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Avalanche 3, Devils 2: Matt Duchene snapped a tie with 2:53 remaining in the third period to help Colorado finish its road trip with consecutive victories.
John Mitchell and defenseman Erik Johnson also scored for the Avalanche, who posted a shootout victory at the New York Rangers on Thursday after dropping the first two contests of their four-game Eastern Conference trek. Semyon Varlamov made 23 saves in the triumph.
Martin Havlat opened the scoring and blue-liner Eric Gelinas snapped his seven-game drought for New Jersey, which ran out of energy in the second half of a back-to-back after blanking Washington on Friday. Cory Schneider stopped 26 shots in his 18th straight start.
Gelinas put the Devils ahead 8:21 into the third period with a wrist shot through traffic off a faceoff, but Johnson fired a sharp-angle shot between Schneider’s pads just over four minutes later to tie the game. Duchene had two chances at a rebound before putting it past Schneider in the late going to give Colorado its first lead of the contest.
Havlat batted in a rebound 2:04 into the first period. Mitchell chipped a centering feed over Schneider 6:07 later for a 1-1 tie that would hold through the rest of the first period and all of the second.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Martin Brodeur holds the Devils franchise record for consecutive starts to begin a season with 19. … Colorado had not won a road game in regulation since Oct. 13. … Avalanche D Tyson Barrie assisted on Duchene’s goal. They share the team scoring lead with 13 points.
Top Game Performances
| Colorado |
|
New Jersey |
|
Matt Duchene 1 |
Points |
Patrik Elias 2 |
|
Matt Duchene 1 |
Goals |
Eric Gelinas 1 |
|
Tyson Barrie 1 |
Assists |
Patrik Elias 2 |
|
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Semyon Varlamov .920 |
Save Percentage |
Cory Schneider .897 |
|
Semyon Varlamov 23 |
Saves |
Cory Schneider 26 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Colorado
|
29 |
3 |
0-3 |
2-2 |
4 |
29 |
| New Jersey
|
25 |
2 |
0-2 |
3-3 |
6 |
29 |
Upcoming Games
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New Jersey will play their next game on the road against Winnipeg. The Devils have a W/L % of .556 after a win and .333 after a loss.
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Colorado will play their next game at home against Washington. The Avalanche have a W/L % of .167 after a win and .385 after a loss.
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