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Tyson Barrie's four-point game places him in rare air for Avs blueliners

(Seth McConnell, The Denver Post)

Tyson Barrie's four-point game — two goals and two assists — was going to be the most-cited highlight of the Avalanche's Monday night victory over Los Angeles ... until in the final minutes Jarome Iginla became the 19th player in NHL history to score 600 career goals.

Suddenly, Barrie becoming only the third defenseman in Avalanche history to get four points in a game was transformed into: Oh, by the way ...

He joined the wandering Latvian, Sandis Ozolinsh, who had four points four times in his 1995-2000 stint with Colorado; and Derek Morris, who had four points against San Jose on Nov.