Avalanche shut down Penguins
Summary of game Colorado Avalanche at Pittsburgh Penguins.Jonathan Bernier made 39 saves to help the Colorado Avalanche defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 at PPG Paints Arena on Monday.
Bernier bounced back from allowing four goals on nine shots in his last appearance on Dec. 3, a 7-2 loss to the Dallas Stars. He made 15 of his 39 saves in the third period.
With the Avalanche getting outshot 9-1 to start the third period, Mark Barberio scored on their second shot of the period. He sent a slap shot off Penguins forward Riley Sheahan and past Tristan Jarry to give Colorado a 1-0 lead at 6:17.
Blake Comeau scored into an empty net to make it 2-0 at 18:31 before Phil Kessel cut it to 2-1 at 19:48.
Jarry made 26 saves.
Colorado (14-13-2) has won two straight games after losing its previous four (0-4-0).
Pittsburgh (16-13-3) lost three of five games (2-3-0) on its season-long homestand.
The Avalanche seemed to take a 1-0 lead when Nathan MacKinnon fought through Kris Letang inside the blue line before going backhand to forehand through Jarry's five-hole at 15:56 of the first period. The goal was disallowed following a coach's challenge, where the play was ruled offside.
Despite getting outshot 13-6 in a scoreless first, Colorado might have had the best scoring chance when MacKinnon took three wrist shots from just outside of the Penguins crease between 8:48 and 8:50. Jarry stopped the first and third, and Letang blocked the second.
Jarry made another impressive save at 10:35 of the second period, after he turned the puck over to Comeau, who passed to Carl Soderberg with Jarry retreating to his crease. Jarry made a glove save on Soderberg's wrist shot to keep the game 0-0.
The Avalanche had one more chance in the second period when J.T. Compher stole the puck from Sidney Crosby during a Penguins power play. Compher went on a breakaway, but Jarry made a blocker save on his snap shot at 18:37.
by Wes Crosby / NHL.com
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12/12/2017 - 03:30
