Avs dump Rangers in high scoring affair
The Avalanche celebrate one of their eight goals on the night.
Colorado Avalanche (8) vs New York Rangers (5).........
David Krejci scored a natural hat trick for the Avs as they embarrassed the Season 17 Eastern Conference Champs by the tune of 8-5, thanks in large part to a six goal first.
The Rangers got on the board first with a shorthanded goal just 1:11 into the game on a goal by Gabriel Landeskog (2nd of season). Then cue the Krejci show, as he scored his first three of the season in just over one minute (1:02), his third on the powerplay as Dennis Seidenberg was serving a major misconduct penalty for goaltender Henrik Lundqvist who was subsequently ejected from the game (apparently video of Lundqvist throwing his goal stick in the vicinity of referee Dan O'Haloran was seized by WCHL Office officials.) . It was not known at press time if the ejection would carry any further suspension. The six goals in the first by Colorado was scored in a span of 9:05. The Rangers closed out the scoring in the wild first with two goals in sixteen seconds, first Shane Doan (2nd) and then Tomas Fleischmann (1st).
Fleischmann would score the lone goal in the second with the extra skater with the Avs hat trick man serving a slashing minor. The Avs outshot the Rangers 20-17 through two periods of play.
Colorado would widen their lead to four goals in the third on consecutive goals by Filip Kuba (1st) and Max Pacioretty (3rd). Kimmo Timonen got one back for New York with just seven seconds remaining in the game, his goal was another shorty for the Rangers.
Craig Anderson stopped 24 of 29 for his second straight win while Leland Irving made 25 saves on 31 shots in relief of Lundqvist.
The Games 3 Stars:
1. David Krejci (Col).......... 3 goals, 2 assists, +2, 5 shots
2. Martin St. Louis (Col).... 1 goal, 3 assists, +2, 4 shots
3 - Filip Kuba (Col)............ 1 goal, 2 assists, +1, 2 shots
Honorable Mention:
Kimmo Timonen (NYR)...... 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 shots
Game's Goat:
Josh Bailey (NYR)...... 0 pts, -4, 2 PIM
The Rangers will hope to get back on track as they visit Landover Maryland to face the Capitals on Monday night, which is the last game before the Christmas break. Washington has yet to lose in regulation and are 1-0-1, they are led by Mike Ribeiro (2-4-6), while Mike Smith has both of Washington's wins thus far in the season.
Colorado will play host to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Toronto is 2-0 and Rich Peverley is the leading scorer (1-5-6) while Jonas Hiller is unbeaten in both his first two starts.
Reporting for The WCHL Network this has been.......
Peter Puck
The Offices of The WCHL Network and all of their employees and families would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas.
Until next week, "Keep your stick on the ice."
The Avalanche celebrate one of their eight goals on the night.
Colorado Avalanche (8) vs New York Rangers (5).........
David Krejci scored a natural hat trick for the Avs as they embarrassed the Season 17 Eastern Conference Champs by the tune of 8-5, thanks in large part to a six goal first.
The Rangers got on the board first with a shorthanded goal just 1:11 into the game on a goal by Gabriel Landeskog (2nd of season). Then cue the Krejci show, as he scored his first three of the season in just over one minute (1:02), his third on the powerplay as Dennis Seidenberg was serving a major misconduct penalty for goaltender Henrik Lundqvist who was subsequently ejected from the game (apparently video of Lundqvist throwing his goal stick in the vicinity of referee Dan O'Haloran was seized by WCHL Office officials.) . It was not known at press time if the ejection would carry any further suspension. The six goals in the first by Colorado was scored in a span of 9:05. The Rangers closed out the scoring in the wild first with two goals in sixteen seconds, first Shane Doan (2nd) and then Tomas Fleischmann (1st).
Fleischmann would score the lone goal in the second with the extra skater with the Avs hat trick man serving a slashing minor. The Avs outshot the Rangers 20-17 through two periods of play.
Colorado would widen their lead to four goals in the third on consecutive goals by Filip Kuba (1st) and Max Pacioretty (3rd). Kimmo Timonen got one back for New York with just seven seconds remaining in the game, his goal was another shorty for the Rangers.
Craig Anderson stopped 24 of 29 for his second straight win while Leland Irving made 25 saves on 31 shots in relief of Lundqvist.
The Games 3 Stars:
1. David Krejci (Col).......... 3 goals, 2 assists, +2, 5 shots
2. Martin St. Louis (Col).... 1 goal, 3 assists, +2, 4 shots
3 - Filip Kuba (Col)............ 1 goal, 2 assists, +1, 2 shots
Honorable Mention:
Kimmo Timonen (NYR)...... 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 shots
Game's Goat:
Josh Bailey (NYR)...... 0 pts, -4, 2 PIM
The Rangers will hope to get back on track as they visit Landover Maryland to face the Capitals on Monday night, which is the last game before the Christmas break. Washington has yet to lose in regulation and are 1-0-1, they are led by Mike Ribeiro (2-4-6), while Mike Smith has both of Washington's wins thus far in the season.
Colorado will play host to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Toronto is 2-0 and Rich Peverley is the leading scorer (1-5-6) while Jonas Hiller is unbeaten in both his first two starts.
Reporting for The WCHL Network this has been.......
Peter Puck
The Offices of The WCHL Network and all of their employees and families would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas.
Until next week, "Keep your stick on the ice."
