Jared Bednar put his lines into a blender and whipped up some squiggles. His Avalanche offense grew stale Tuesday at Nashville and Colorado’s coach wanted a spark, especially with his No. 1 pairings. A top line was flying up and down the ice with little to show for it.
“I don’t think they’ve been dangerous enough for us,” Bednar said.
So he topped a teenager, sending 19-year-old Tyson Jost to the first line alongside star center Nathan MacKinnon. In an early-season shakeup, seven games in but on a two-game losing skid, Bednar is hoping to mix together a new look, tying together a skilled goal-scorer in MacKinnon and a nettlesome rookie in Jost.