Blackwood’s 35-Save Shulout leads Avalanche to 3-0 win over victims – hockey writers – colorado avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche had a seven-game winning streak in Saturday night’s (Nov. 22) matchup against the Nashville Predators. They are also on an 11-Game Paint Streak, as they lead the NHL with 33 points. The Hunters were 6-10-4 entering this game and coming back from a two game deficit set in Sweden against the Pittsburgh Penguins. They are 2-6-2 in their last games as they look to turn the season around. After the final horn, the Avalanche shut out the deer 3-0.
Game clarity
Brent’s burn got the avalanche ahead early, 15 seconds into the game. After the battle of the Board on the end wall, the park was attacked to the burning, who was still at the top of the right circle. He snapped a quick wrist shot, which caught Juuse Saros by surprise and put the Avalanche up 1-0 early in the period. After that, this period was not all animals in the triggers.
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Mackonzie Blackwood conceded a shot from the attackers after seeing the Avalanche go up 1-0. It got to the point where the Raiders were outscoring the avalanche 11-2 after 12 minutes in the first period. After an expired penalty on Martin Necas holding the phone, blackwood grabbed filip forsberg with a great glove save from point blank range to end the game 1-0. After 20 minutes, the shot was 16-7 Nashville, but Colorado was up 1-0.
The second period saw no goals, but both the hunters and the avalanche had chances. Both teams have power plays to score, but penalty kills do their job to stop special teams from losing. Blackwood and saros traded big save after big save to keep the game close. Shots were 11-10 in favor of the Raiders in the second period. Overall, the guns were 27-16 Nashville after 40 minutes.
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The third period saw goals, both from the Avalanche. It was their best moment of the game, outscoring the Wildcats 10-8. The first goal came from Nathan Mackinnon with an empty marker, giving him 17 on the season. The second goal of the period came from Jack Drust to the ice, making it 3-0. It was his fourth goal of the season. Blackwood claimed the shutout victory after making all 35 saves against the Raiders.
The Avalanche are now on an eight-game winning streak, pushing their streak to 12 games. They also picked up points in 20 of 21 games on the season. They travel to Chicago on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 23) to take on the Blackhawks to finish the weekend back. The Raiders have now lost two games in a row. They are 6-11-4 on the season, and will take on the Florida Panthers on Monday, November 24th.
