Blackwood makes 27 saves, Necas has 4 points, Avs beat Wings 4-0

DENVER (AP)– Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 conserves, Martin Necas had 2 objectives and 2 helps and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-0 on Saturday night.

Blackwood had his very first nothing of the season and 18th of his profession and Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar had an objective and 2 helps each for Colorado.

It was the 800th profession video game for Avs coach Jared Bednar, with all coming behind the Colorado bench. His 455 wins are 5th through 800 video games.

The once-fierce competition, which represented 5 Stanley Cup titles from 1996-2002, has actually cooled considerably because Detroit relocated to the Eastern Conference and the groups have actually not been competitive at the very same time. Colorado has actually been a seasonal title competitor given that 2020, winning all of it in 2022, while the Red Wings remain in the middle of an 11-season playoff dry spell.

Daniil Tarasov stopped 25 shots for Detroit, which was the more aggressive group early. The Red Wings had 13 of the very first 14 shots in the very first duration and required Blackwood to make a number of huge conserves. The Avs came alive late in the very first with a number of premium scoring possibilities however could not score.

The Red Wings were stuck on 13 shots up until midway through the 2nd duration however exterminated 2 Colorado charges to keep it scoreless, however the Avs capitalized their 3rd when Necas knocked in a rebound at 9:46 of the 2nd.

MacKinnon made it 2-0 on another power play less than 3 minutes later on when he beat Tarasov with a one-timer with 7:30 to go, his 10th objective of the season.

Necas made it 3-0 at 7:15 of the 3rd duration and Makar scored Colorado’s 3rd power-play objective 2:30 later on to ice the win.

Up next

Red Wings: At St. Louis on Tuesday night.

Avalanche: At Toronto on Tuesday night.

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