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12/19 22:55 CST Burns, Necas give Avalanche early lead in 3-2 win over Jets for
12th straight home win
Burns, Necas give Avalanche early lead in 3-2 win over Jets for 12th straight
home win
DENVER (AP) --- Brent Burns and Martin Necas scored early and the Colorado
Avalanche held on to beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Friday night for their
fourth straight win.
Parker Kelly also scored for the Avalanche, who are 6-0-1 since their last
regulation loss, a 6-3 defeat at the New York Islanders on Dec. 4. Scott
Wedgewood finished with 20 saves.
Colorado has won 12 straight at home to move to 14-0-2 at Ball Arena this
season with the 16-game home point streak the fourth longest in franchise
history --- and longest since going 20-0-2 in 2021-22. At 25-2-7 the Avalanche
have 57 points --- tied with the 2022-23 Boston Bruins and 2008-09 San Jose
Sharks for the second-most in NHL history through 34 games.
Morgan Barron and Mark Scheifele scored for Winnipeg, which has lost three
straight (0-2-1). Connor Hellebuyck had 24 saves.
Trailing 2-0, Winnipeg got on the scoreboard with a short-handed goal with 38
seconds remaining in the second period. Barron chased a loose puck down the
ice, skated across in front of Wedgewood and tucked a backhander past the
goalie for his sixth of the season.
Kelly restored Colorado's two-goal lead 1:58 into the third, deflecting a shot
by Valeri Nichushkin past a screened Hellebuyck.
Scheifele pulled the Jets to 3-2 with a power-play goal at 3:38, deflecting a
pass from Gustav Nyquist past Wedgewood from the left doorstep. It was
Scheifele's 17th.
Burns gave the Avalanche a 1-0 lead at 9:45 of the first period. Burns sent a
pass towards Jack Drury that deflected off the skate of Jets defenseman Haydn
Fleury and past Hellebuyck for his fifth.
Necas doubled the lead with 4:55 remaining in the opening period as he got a
pass from Nathan MacKinnon on an Avalanche rush and put it past Hellebuyck for
his 15th. MacKinnon got his NHL-leading 59th point and 31st assist to tie Necas
for the team lead.
Up next
Jets: At Utah on Sunday to finish a three-game trip.
Avalanche: At Minnesota on Sunday.
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