National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Colorado 3, New Jersey 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 15, 2014
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Chris Rooney, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Jay Sharrers
Attendance: 15626

Avalanche 3, Devils 2: Matt Duchene snapped a tie with 2:53 remaining in the third period to help Colorado finish its road trip with consecutive victories.

John Mitchell and defenseman Erik Johnson also scored for the Avalanche, who posted a shootout victory at the New York Rangers on Thursday after dropping the first two contests of their four-game Eastern Conference trek. Semyon Varlamov made 23 saves in the triumph.

Martin Havlat opened the scoring and blue-liner Eric Gelinas snapped his seven-game drought for New Jersey, which ran out of energy in the second half of a back-to-back after blanking Washington on Friday. Cory Schneider stopped 26 shots in his 18th straight start.

Gelinas put the Devils ahead 8:21 into the third period with a wrist shot through traffic off a faceoff, but Johnson fired a sharp-angle shot between Schneider’s pads just over four minutes later to tie the game. Duchene had two chances at a rebound before putting it past Schneider in the late going to give Colorado its first lead of the contest.

Havlat batted in a rebound 2:04 into the first period. Mitchell chipped a centering feed over Schneider 6:07 later for a 1-1 tie that would hold through the rest of the first period and all of the second.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Martin Brodeur holds the Devils franchise record for consecutive starts to begin a season with 19. … Colorado had not won a road game in regulation since Oct. 13. … Avalanche D Tyson Barrie assisted on Duchene’s goal. They share the team scoring lead with 13 points.

Top Game Performances
 
Colorado   New Jersey
Matt Duchene 1 Points Patrik Elias 2
Matt Duchene 1 Goals Eric Gelinas 1
Tyson Barrie 1 Assists Patrik Elias 2
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Semyon Varlamov .920 Save Percentage Cory Schneider .897
Semyon Varlamov 23 Saves Cory Schneider 26
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Colorado 29 3 0-3 2-2 4 29
New Jersey 25 2 0-2 3-3 6 29
Upcoming Games
  • New Jersey will play their next game on the road against Winnipeg. The Devils have a W/L % of .556 after a win and .333 after a loss.
  • Colorado will play their next game at home against Washington. The Avalanche have a W/L % of .167 after a win and .385 after a loss.