Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Joe Sakic and Andrew Brunette each had a goal and two assists to help the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes at the Pepsi Center
Tyler Arnason had a goal and an assist and Pierre Turgeon and John-Michael Liles each scored a goal for the Avalanche, who have won two of three.
Peter Budaj stopped 26 shots for Colorado, which is 11-0-3 (three ties) in its last 14 games against Carolina.
Justin Williams scored two goals and John Grahame stopped 25 shots for the Hurricanes, who went 0-3-1 on their four-game road trip.
Trailing 2-1 in the third period, Colorado netted the next four goals to lead the team to victory.
Brunette tied the game when he accepted a feed from Wojtek Wolski on a 2-on-1 rush, flicked a shot on net that Grahame saved, but followed it up by stuffing in the rebound at the 8:46 mark.
The Avs regained the lead on the power play when Liles sent a pass from the high slot to Brunette at the low right side and Brunette immediately sent it back to Liles, who one-timed it under the right pad of Budaj for a 3-2 lead with 9:57 to play.
Again on the power play, Brunette had the puck behind the net and spotted Sakic cutting in from the right point and got the disc to Sakic, who one-timed it from the inside right circle to make it a 4-2 game with 7:16 to play.
Turgeon's goal that he redirected into the net from the right side on the power play accounted for the final score.
Colorado grabbed the lead just 82 seconds in on a strong play by Arnason, who flicked a strong backhander on net and followed up the rebound by snapping a wrister over a sprawled-out Grahame for a 1-0 lead.
Budaj was strong in the first period and stopped several good opportunities to post 11 saves in the first period.
The Hurricanes tied the game 1:44 into the second on a 5-on-3 goal. Eric Staal snapped a pass from the top of the left circle down low on the right side to Cory Stillman, who held the puck and centered it where it went off of Williams and into the net.
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Tyler Arnason had a goal and an assist and Pierre Turgeon and John-Michael Liles each scored a goal for the Avalanche, who have won two of three.
Peter Budaj stopped 26 shots for Colorado, which is 11-0-3 (three ties) in its last 14 games against Carolina.
Justin Williams scored two goals and John Grahame stopped 25 shots for the Hurricanes, who went 0-3-1 on their four-game road trip.
Trailing 2-1 in the third period, Colorado netted the next four goals to lead the team to victory.
Brunette tied the game when he accepted a feed from Wojtek Wolski on a 2-on-1 rush, flicked a shot on net that Grahame saved, but followed it up by stuffing in the rebound at the 8:46 mark.
The Avs regained the lead on the power play when Liles sent a pass from the high slot to Brunette at the low right side and Brunette immediately sent it back to Liles, who one-timed it under the right pad of Budaj for a 3-2 lead with 9:57 to play.
Again on the power play, Brunette had the puck behind the net and spotted Sakic cutting in from the right point and got the disc to Sakic, who one-timed it from the inside right circle to make it a 4-2 game with 7:16 to play.
Turgeon's goal that he redirected into the net from the right side on the power play accounted for the final score.
Colorado grabbed the lead just 82 seconds in on a strong play by Arnason, who flicked a strong backhander on net and followed up the rebound by snapping a wrister over a sprawled-out Grahame for a 1-0 lead.
Budaj was strong in the first period and stopped several good opportunities to post 11 saves in the first period.
The Hurricanes tied the game 1:44 into the second on a 5-on-3 goal. Eric Staal snapped a pass from the top of the left circle down low on the right side to Cory Stillman, who held the puck and centered it where it went off of Williams and into the net.
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