EDMONTON
Markus Granlund Jersey , Alberta (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche broke out of their slump by beating a team struggling just as much as them.Semyon Varlamov
stopped 26 shots to help the Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 Sunday night
to snap a five-game losing streak.Mikko Rantanen, Carl Soderberg and Tyson
Barrie each had a goal and an assist, and Alexander Kerfoot also scored for the
Avalanche.“We had a strong game, the last game, too. We didn’t get any goals in
that game, but today we were rewarded,” Soderberg said. “I think right now, we
have been on a losing streak
Michael Del Zotto Jersey , and we had to do everything better. You need to do that when you’re on a losing streak to get the win.Ty Rattie scored in
Edmonton’s fourth straight loss. Cam Talbot stopped 12 of 15 shots before he was
replaced 5:06 intot he second period. Mikko Koskinen came on and finished with
12 saves.“Four games, that’s the first time this year,” Edmonton defenseman Adam
Larsson said. “You don’t want to be in this position but we are right now and we
have to face it. The next game is really important.“This is not like last year’s
team. We still have a strong belief system in here. I don’t even want to compare
it to last year.”Rantanen got the Avalanche started just 26 seconds into the
game, converting the rebound of Nathan MacKinon’s shot past Talbot for his sixth
of the season.“It’s big, you get one in the first shift and you feel good about
yourself,” Mackinnon said. “Those are always good when you get one
early.”Soderberg scored on a long point shot through traffic to give make it 2-0
with 4:27 remaining in the opening period.The Avs added to their lead with a
power-play goal five minutes into the second period when Kerfoot was allowed
three whacks at the puck from the side of the net before scoring. That brought
Koskinen in to replace Talbot.Colorado kept coming with another goal midway
through the second period, as Rantanen fed it in front for Barrie, who scored
his first goal of the season. Rantanen regained the lead in the NHL scoring race
on the play with his 26th point.It was also Barrie’s 62nd career goal
Sam Gagner Jersey , tying him with Rob Blake for third among defensemen in Avalanche franchise history.“That one is cool because Blake was my favorite
defenseman growing up,” Barrie said. “I wore No. 4 growing up because of him,
and I ended up playing for Colorado. It’s special.”Edmonton broke Varlamov’s
shutout bid midway through the third when Rattie tipped home Adam Larsson’s
point shot.NOTES: It was the first of three meetings between the two teams, with
the other two taking place in Colorado. … Edmonton had gone 5-0-1 against the
Avalanche in their previous six meetings. … The Oilers assigned 20-year-old
forwards Jesse Puljujarvi and Kailer Yamamoto to Bakersfield of the AHL on
Saturday and recalled Cooper Marody earlier on Sunday. … Barrie recorded his
200th NHL assist.UP NEXTAvalanche: Host Boston on Wednesday night.Oilers: Host
Montreal on Tuesday night. WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Semyon Varlamov was
relieved to finally leave the ice with a win.The Colorado goalie made 24 saves,
Gabriel Landeskog scored his team-leading 30th goal and the Avalanche ended
their season-high eight-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg
Jets on Thursday night.“Definitely feeling better now. The win tastes great,”
Varlamov said. “It’s been some tough times we’ve been going through the past two
months.“The stats aren’t great, we’re losing a lot of games and stuff. We needed
this one so bad.”Dominic Toninato got his first NHL goal
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Matt Nieto had two assists.Brandon Tanev scored his career-high 12th goal of the
season for Winnipeg, which lost in regulation at home for the first time in 10
games (8-1-1). Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves.“They were a desperate team,”
Winnipeg captain Blake Wheeler said. “It’s been going tough for them. There was
a certain amount of desperation in their game. We weren’t able to match it often
enough.”Colorado outshot Winnipeg 13-8 in the first period and led 2-1 at the
intermission.Toninato started it off by swooping in and sending a rebound into
the net at 5:21 in his 38th career game.“It felt great getting the first one out
of the way and I can just concentrate on playing my game,” Toninato said. “We’ve
been struggling for that, so it was nice to get the win and hopefully we can get
rolling now.”Landeskog made it 2-0 with a high backhand shot past Hellebuyck at
10:29, but Tanev responded 24 seconds later by firing a sharp-angled shot by
Varlamov.“I don’t think we played our best game,” Tanev said. “We didn’t get as
many pucks to the net as we wanted in traffic and making it difficult for him to
see those. But I think we can learn from this and we look forward to playing the
next one.”Compher’s short-handed breakaway goal at 6:12 of the second gave the
Avalanche a 3-1 lead while stretched their shots-on-goal advantage to 25-17
through 40 minutes.Winnipeg had its second power play of the game early in the
third but Varlamov stopped two shots
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unit.The teams traded some power-play time late in the third, but it scored at
even strength with 3:39 left tp seal the win.“It’s not just the win, it’s the
way our team played,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “Fantastic team effort,
real strong commitment to check. All the details of our game and the whole
lineup. No passengers.”NOTES: Jets D Joe Morrow and Avalanche F Matt Calvert
started swinging fists at each other with 10 seconds left to cap off the
night.UP NEXTAvalanche: host St. Louis on Saturday night.Jets: Host Ottawa on
Saturday night to end a three-game homestand.
