DENVER (AP) — Colin Wilson got Colorado off to a quick start and made sure the Avalanche hit the road with another victory under their belt.Wilson scored two goals
Anaheim Ducks T-Shirts Womens , Semyon Varlamov had 35 saves and Colorado beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-2 on Saturday night.Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist for the Avalanche, who have won two home games to start the season. Gabriel Landeskog and J.T. Compher also scored.Colorado has stressed the need for secondary scoring this season and it has gotten that in its first two games. Compher, the fourth-line center, has two goals and Wilson has added some punch on the second line.“It feels good to be making plays out there and contributing offensively,” he said. “It’s been two good games. I’m in a good position right now on my line. I feel substantially better than I did at this point last year.”The Flyers ended their road trip with more than just a loss on the scoreboard. James van Riemsdyk, who returned to Philadelphia with a five-year contract over the summer, took a shot to the leg late in the first period and didn’t return.“I’m concerned that he wasn’t able to come back,” coach Dave Hakstol said. “We’ve got to wait until we get back.”A game after he faced just 21 shots, Varlamov was tested by Philadelphia. He made 12 saves in the third period, including big stops when Colorado was clinging to a one-goal lead. He had five saves on the Flyers’ power play 3:20 into the last period to preserve the one-goal lead.“We got to the net more in the third period,” forward Claude Giroux said. “We didn’t have anything to show for it.”Wilson iced it with his second goal of the game at 16:31, and MacKinnon scored into an empty net at 18:45.Sean Couturier and Mikhail Vorobyov had goals
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Anaheim Ducks Hats Womens , who made 16 saves.Justin Williams, Sebastian Aho, Calvin De Haan and Martin Necas scored for Carolina.Scott Darling started in goal for the Hurricanes and made 17 saves on 20 shots before leaving the game with what the team called a lower-body injury in the second period. Darling was replaced by Petr Mrazek, who finished with 10 saves.In the second year of a four-year, $16.6 million contract, Darling is competing with Mrazek for the Hurricanes’ starting goaltending job.The game was the preseason finale for both teams. Carolina finished the exhibition season with a 5-0-1 record, while Nashville went 3-3-0.CAPITALS 5, BLUES 2At Washington, Braden Holtby made 23 saves to lift the Capitals over St. Louis.Alex Ovechkin, Brett Connolly, Devante Smith-Pelly, Nic Dowd and T.J. Oshie scored for Washington (3-3-1). Ten Capitals recorded a point in the game
Custom Anaheim Ducks Jerseys , which saw Washington score four goals in the third period.Robert Thomas and Jordan Schmaltz scored for St. Louis (4-3-0). Jake Allen started for the Blues and made six saves in the first period. He was replaced by Chad Johnson, who made 15 saves on 19 shots in the second and third periods.Washington right winger Tom Wilson was assessed a 10-minute match penalty for a blindside check to the head of Blues center Oskar Sundqvist 5:22 into the second period. Sundqvist did not return.After the game, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced that it has offered Wilson an in-person hearing, which means he could face a suspension of six or more games.Blues coach Mike Yeo said Sundqvist is “not good” and called the hit “predatory.”AVALANCHE 6, STARS 5At Dallas, Gabriel Landeskog had two goals and an assist to help Colorado slip past the Stars.Landeskog was one of two Avalanche players to finish with three points. The other was Mikko Rantanen, who recorded a goal and two assists.Tyson Barrie, Sheldon Dries and Colin Wilson also scored for Colorado, which received a 32-save effort from Semyon Varlamov.The Avalanche finished the preseason with a 3-3-0 record.Radek Faska, Jamie Benn, Jason Dickinson, Devin Shore and Tyler Seguin scored for Dallas
www.coyotesproshop.com , and Colton Point made 21 saves.The Stars went 4-3-0 in exhibition play.GOLDEN KNIGHTS 5, SHARKS 2At Las Vegas, Tomas Nosek scored twice as the Golden Knights routed San Jose in the preseason finale for both teams.Vegas, the defending Western Conference champion, scored three second-period goals. Nosek, Reilly Smith and Max Pacioretty scored in the period. Nosek added his second goal of the game in the third.Nick Holden also scored for the Golden Knights, who received a 33-save performance from Marc-Andre Fleury.Vegas compiled a 6-1-0 record in the preseason.Kevin Labanc and Erik Karlsson scored for San Jose. Karlsson’s goal was his first in the preseason as a Shark, following the Sept. 13 trade that sent him from Ottawa to San Jose.Martin Jones made 22 saves for the Sharks, who finished exhibition play with a 2-3-1 record.