t too many other professions for which this kind of thing is said. “You never want to see a guy get fired, but that crane operator has shown up to work drunk and on sleeping pills every day for the last two weeks.” “You never want to see a guy get fired, but that lawyer keeps taking naps when he's supposed to be cross-examining a witness.” “You never want to see a guy get fired, but that janitor has...
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s NHL games ... 1. P.A. Scratched. Whoa now ... P.A. Parteneau is a healthy scratch for Colorado? From Dater: "The return of Alex Tanguay, who will play Monday, creates a fuller bench than Roy has had in a while. That, and Parenteau may need to regain a bit more strength in his knee after having only recently returned after missing three weeks with an injury to it." 2. Vancouver's Punching Bag. Via...
Meanwhile the Colorado forward is expected to be a healthy scratch tonight....
Semyon Varlamov has mastered beating the Dallas Stars. Varlamov made 41 saves in the Colorado Avalanche's 4-3 victory Monday night and beat the Stars for the fourth straight time. Alex Tanguay scored the winning goal early in the third period, and Varlamov made it stand up despite the best efforts of rejuvenated Stars scoring leader Tyler Seguin. Colorado led twice, but both times Seguin scored to...
DALLAS -- Colorado goalie Semyon Varlamov finished with 41 saves, making one of his biggest in the third period as the Avalanche ended the Dallas Stars' three-game winning streak in a 4-3 victory on Monday night at American Airlines Center. "The difference in the game without a doubt was the start and the performance of our goalie," Colorado coach Patrick Roy said. In the third period, Varlamov turned...
three-game winning streak with a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Dallas on Monday night at the American Airlines Center. The Avalanche (33-14-5), who finished their road trip at 2-1-0, received the winning goal from left winger Alex Tanguay early in the third period. Captain and left winger Gabriel Landeskog contributed two assists and goalie Semyon Varlamov stopped 41 shots for Colorado. Tanguay...
After a horrendous start to the month, the Dallas Stars are dominating on both ends of the ice. The Stars go for a season-high fourth consecutive win Monday night as they close their regular-season series against the visiting Colorado Avalanche. While Dallas (24-20-8) went 1-8-1 to open the new year, it's since won three straight by a combined 14-1 score. The Stars have gone 5 for 12 on the power play...
Avalanche goaltender Sami Aittokallio will make his season debut tonight as Colorado continues its three-game road trip in Tampa Bay against the Lightning (5 p.m. MT, Altitude 2). Jean-Sebastien Giguere was previously scheduled to get the start......
And just like that the Colorado Avalanche was back into the game. Down 3-0 with less than two minutes remaining in the second period, the Avs grabbed some momentum going into the final period as they scored two goals in 30 seconds and nearly ha......
ll try for a season-high third consecutive home victory Sunday against the Florida Panthers. Two nights after rallying to beat reigning Stanley Cup champion Chicago 5-4 in a shootout, Detroit (23-18-10) took control from the beginning of Friday...
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s unheralded rookie got the best of the Colorado Avalanche's budding young star on Saturday at Tampa Bay Times Forum. Center Tyler Johnson scored three goals, including the clincher in the final five minutes as the Lightning downed Colorado, 5-2. Undrafted and years in the making as an NHL contributor, Johnson, 23, now has 16 goals this season and out-did Colorado...
s unheralded rookie got the best of the Colorado Avalanche's celebrated young star on Saturday at Tampa Bay Times Forum. In the process he likely made any discussion about the NHL rookie of the year a two-player topic. But if Lightning center Tyler Johnson was using the matchup with Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon as motivation Saturday -- other than scoring his first NHL hat trick -- he wasn't letting...
Tyler Johnson stole the spotlight in a matchup of two top rookies. Johnson scored three goals to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night. With the Lightning leading 3-2, Johnson doubled the advantage with 5:22 remaining and then completed his first career hat trick less than 2 1/2 minutes later. Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon, who entered leading all...
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s second goal to extend his points streak to 10 games. Victor Hedman assisted on all three Johnson goals. No. 2 Star: Jarome Iginla, Boston Bruins Iginla is enjoying his first season in Beantown and Saturday he recorded a four-point afternoon during a 6-1 rout of the Philadelphia Flyers. Zdeno Chara also scored twice and became the eighth Bruin this season to reach double-digit goals. Tuukka Rask made...
- - - Blues 4, Islanders 3 (shootout) Alexander Steen and Kevin Shattenkirk scored in the shootout to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders. The Islanders (21-25-8) looked like they had won in overtime when Thomas Vanek tipped in a shot by John Tavares but the goal was overturned after a replay because Vanek appeared to kick the puck into the goal. Vladimir Tarasenko scored...
s assist list. Jagr now has 1,730 points, 25 behind Steve Yzerman for sixth all-time. Cory Schneider made 30 saves for his third straight win. The Devils now have points in eight of their last nine games. No. 3 Star: Ryan O'Reilly, Colorado Avalanche O'Reilly scored his 19th of the season and later assisted on Jamie McGinn's 11th as the Avalanche built up a 3-0 lead. They would fight off a Florida...