Avalanche Vs Jets: Colorado Closes Road Trip With Saturday Matinee in Winnipeg
Avalanche vs jets headlines Saturday’s matinee in Manitoba, with Colorado traveling to Canada to conclude its road trip against the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre.
Avalanche Vs Jets: Matinee matchup closes Colorado’s trip
Colorado enters the game after a win Thursday, setting up the final stop of its road swing with a daytime start in Winnipeg. The meeting is the second of four regular-season matchups between the teams. The remaining two games in the series are scheduled for March 26 in Winnipeg and March 28 in Denver.
Colorado’s latest game: 5-1 win over Seattle fueled by MacKinnon’s four points
The Avalanche’s most recent result was a 5-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge Arena on Thursday. Nathan MacKinnon posted a four-point night (one goal, three assists), his 35th regular-season four-point game, and Colorado had 10 players record at least one point.
Martin Necas opened the scoring at 3: 45 of the first period, marking his first 30-goal season. Colorado made it 2-0 at 12: 54 when MacKinnon scored his 44th goal of the season on a play in which his pass from the right goal line deflected off the right skate of Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson and into the net.
Nicolas Roy extended the lead to 3-0 on the power play at 18: 48 of the first. With the secondary assist, MacKinnon recorded his 174th regular-season multi-assist game and passed Peter Stastny for the second-most such games in franchise history.
Seattle got on the board with a shorthanded goal by Ryker Evans at 13: 36 of the second period. Nazem Kadri, scoring his first goal since being acquired by Colorado on March 6, restored a three-goal cushion at 17: 11 of the second with his 13th of the season. Joel Kiviranta added Colorado’s fifth at 12: 41 of the third on a net-front deflection.
In net, Scott Wedgewood stopped 28 of the 29 shots he faced.
Jets’ latest game: 6-3 loss to Rangers in Winnipeg
Winnipeg’s most recent outing was a 6-3 loss to the New York Rangers at Canada Life Centre on Thursday. The Rangers scored first on a power-play goal by Adam Fox at 1: 08 of the opening period.
The Jets tied the game early in the second period when Isak Rosen scored at 2: 21. New York regained the lead at 7: 36 on a goal by Alexis Lafreniere before Kyle Connor tied it again at 17: 49.
In the third, Tye Kartye put the Rangers ahead 3-2 at 1: 15, but Gabriel Vilardi tied it 3-3 at 4: 19. New York then pulled away with goals by Gabe Perreault at 6: 57 and Adam Edstrom at 11: 08, followed by an empty-net goal by Noah Laba at 19: 09 to seal the 6-3 final.
Saturday’s Avalanche vs jets matinee now follows those Thursday results for both clubs, with the season series continuing later this month in Winnipeg and Denver.
