“Colorado” won a voluntary victory over “Pittsburgh” (5:4 OT) in the NHL regular season game, led by four goals during the game.
The visitors led 4-0 in the 36th minute of the match, with Jesse Puljujarvi, Brian Rust, Sidney Crosby and Pierre-Olivier Joseph scoring. In addition to the goal, Crosby assisted each of the other scorers, earning 4 (1+3) performance points.
After that, Colorado hockey players twice scored Pittsburgh’s goal in the second period, scored by Sean Walker and Russian Yakov Trenin, for whom the goal was his first in the Avalanche uniform after leaving Nashville .
In the third period, Jonathan Drouin also scored on a pass from Nathan MacKinnon, then MacKinnon scored himself and sent the game to overtime. The Canadian extended his home scoring streak to 34 games and has still scored or provided an assist in every home game this season. This is the second such streak in league history, the record being held by Wayne Gretzky (40).
Colorado won the game 54 seconds into overtime when Drouin scored a double.
Among the Russians, Colorado goalie Alexander Georgiev (30 saved shots out of 34), Avalanche forward Valery Nichushkin (three shots, return “-2”) and Pittsburgh forward Evgeni Malkin (about 20 minutes of game) also participated in this meeting. “-1”).
Colorado extended its winning streak to nine games; with 97 points, the team occupies second place in the Western Conference and leads the Central Division. Pittsburgh is 13th in the East (70 points).
NHL. Regular season
Colorado Avalanche (Denver) – Pittsburgh Penguins (Pittsburgh) – 5:4 OT (0:2, 2:2, 2:0, 1:0)
Goals: Walker, 36:05. Trenin, 39:30. Drouin, 43:32, 60:54. MacKinnon 45:22. — Puljujarvi, 7:53 a.m. Rust, 3:09 p.m. Crosby, 33:47. Joseph, 35:39.
Source : MatchTV
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