Avs end Penguins' four-game win streak
The official game recap Colorado Avalanche vs Pittsburgh Penguins.Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and two assists to help the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Pepsi Center on Wednesday.
Semyon Varlamov made 28 saves for the Avalanche (28-25-11), who have won six of their past nine games.
The Penguins (36-17-9), who had won four games in a row, opened a four-game road trip through the Western Conference.
The Penguins pulled within 2-1 at 9:45 of the third period on a goal by Evgeni Malkin, who stole the puck from Colorado's John Mitchell. Malkin skated into the Avalanche end and beat Varlamov from the slot. Malkin has six goals and six assists in a six-game point-scoring streak.
Landeskog responded with a goal at 14:57 for a 3-1 Avalanche lead. Ryan O'Reilly passed to Landeskog, who moved around defenseman Derrick Pouliet, skated in front and shot the puck by goalie Marc-Andre Fleury's left pad.
The Avalanche got goals from Jarome Iginla and Nathan MacKinnon in the second period to take a 2-0 lead.
Iginla opened the scoring 13 seconds into the period with a power-play goal. Landeskog passed to Iginla, who skated into the Penguins zone and took a shot from above the right circle that beat Fleury to the far corner.
Iginla reached the 20-goal plateau for the 16th time and tied Bobby Clarke for 43rd place on the all-time list with 1,210 points. The goal ended the Avalanche's 0-for-11 slump with the man-advantage over the past three games.
MacKinnon scored at 14:29. Landeskog passed across to defenseman Jan Hejda, who took a shot from the left circle that MacKinnon tipped in from in front of the net.
Varlamov, who made his 20th consecutive start, made a save against Daniel Winnik on a 2-on-1 rush while the Penguins were shorthanded in the first period. He made 11 saves in the second, including Patric Hornqvist's shot from point-blank range.
Avalanche left wing Alex Tanguay was honored in a pregame ceremony for playing his 1,000th NHL game.
-- by Rick Sadowski for NHL.com --
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05/03/2015 - 06:57
