Don’t you just hate it when the teams you need to beat suddenly get hot just as you face off against them.
The Colorado Avalanche have been listless for weeks, nearly months, but Friday night the Avs continued their mine winning streak with a 5-3 win over the Blackhawks in Chicago.
Semyon Varlamov made 41 saves in win over Chicago – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
J.T. Compher and Carl Soderberg struck for two goals each in the win.
“We knew how big this game was,” Compher said. “We were prepared from the start. They’ve been playing really good hockey, they’ve been hot over the last two months. We knew the chances we get to play the teams we’re battling with are big-time games, and we showed up tonight.”
The Avs have won three straight after a miserable stretch of games.
Semyon Varlamov made 41 saves to get the win.
“It’s a big win for us,” Varlamov said. “We had a really tough game today, a really tight game. We fought back and scored in the end. I think Patrik Nemeth blocked 10 shots. That was huge. Everybody played well.”
Patrick Kane extended his point streak to 20 games with a goal in the second period.
“I had a couple of chances at the end,” Kane said. “Maybe get a puck at the net and it would have been nice to see another one go in. But I thought I had some chances to shoot tonight.”
Dylan Strome and Alex DeBrincat also scored for the Hawks who dropped to 26-27-9.
Gabriel Landeskog also scored for the Avs who used a three-goal third period to break open what had been a tight affair.
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Collin Delia made 26 saves in the loss.
“We’re right there in it, tie it up 1-1, tie it up 2-2 then tie it up 3-3, and unfortunate to give one up there with five minutes left,” Kane said. “Would have been nice to get a point and see what happens, but that’s the way it goes sometimes.”
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