The Colorado Avalanche finally got their offense back.
On Wednesday night, the Avs got goals from seven different skaters in a 7-1 thrashing of the Winnipeg Jets.
Five of the goals were scored in the third period.
Nathan MacKinnon was one of seven goal scorers for the Avs on Wednesday night – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
The Avs have won two straight, a feat they had not accomplished since November.
“It’s taken way too long to get that,” Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog said. “You have to be able to string a few together. We know it’s been tough up to this point the last couple months, but we’re looking ahead and I like what I’ve seen from our group lately. We’re trending in the right direction. If we continue to bring this effort, we’ll see a lot more wins.”
Kandeskog, Tyson Jost, Carl Soderberg, A.J. Greer (first NHL goal), Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon, and Matt Calvert all scored for the Avs.
“It feels good. It’s nice to be back in the winning column,” Jost said. “We’re putting up wins now, we’re getting more consistent. That feels better than any individual thing right now. It’s fun when we’re putting wins together, so we have to keep that going.”
Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves in the win.
Kyle Connor scored the only Jets goal.
Winnipeg has lost three straight and now lead the Nashville Predators by a sinlge point in the division.
“We were terrible,” Jets forward Adam Lowry said. “Unacceptable. I’m surprised. I knew they’d be hungry, they’re fighting for a playoff spot. I guess we’re fat and comfortable where we’re at because the effort wasn’t there, top to bottom.”
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Connor Hellebuyck made 39 saves in the loss
“We’ve got to watch this game and look at where our game needs to improve,” Lowry said. “There’s a lot of areas. Our penalty kill needs to get better still, our pace, our compete. We got to start moving our feet again. There are so many areas of our game that we’ve kind of just let go. When we’re a slow team, we’re an easy team to play against.”
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