As the home stand continued the Colorado Avalanche welcomed the Carolina Hurricanes hoping to avenge their only shutout loss of the season back in Raleigh. The scoring started early en route to a spirited, physical and sometimes wacky yet decisive 7-4 win for the Avalanche.
The Game
After the teams traded power plays the Avalanche got on the board at the tail end of theirs when Alex Newhook created space in the slot and passed to JT Compher who buried the puck at 6:48. And it wasn’t long before the next score as Val Nichushkin took over the puck and drove the net just minutes later and then Nathan MacKinnon found the loose change at 10:58 to go up 2-0.