Denver: Defensemen Hampus Lindholm and Cam Fowler scored their first goals of the season 1:44 apart in the second period, and emergency starter Jason LaBarbera stopped 16 shots, lifting the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday.
Corey Perry also scored for the Ducks, who went 3-1 on a four-game trip. Perry leads the league with 11 goals.
Dennis Everberg scored his first NHL goal, and Nathan MacKinnon added another for weary Colorado, who also lost at St. Louis in a shoot-out on Saturday.
Anaheim’s Francois Beauchemin drew a high-sticking penalty with 3:07 remaining, and Semyon Varlamov went to the bench for an extra skater, giving the Avs a 6-on-4 opportunity. But Colorado couldn’t capitalise.
Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves.
Meanwhile, Shane Doan scored twice as Arizona salvaged something from their road trip, ending a three-game losing streak after rallying to win over mistake-prone Washington.
The Coyotes trailed 3-1 after the first period, but power-play goals by Michael Stone and Doan tied it in the second before Sam Gagner and Doan capitalised on sloppy turnovers early in the third. Doan’s second goal came after Washington’s Alex Ovechkin — who earlier broke a six-game goal drought — completely whiffed trying to control the puck near the side boards in the Capitals’ end.
Antoine Vermette tallied in the first period, and Tobias Rieder added his first NHL goal late in the third for the Coyotes, who had been outscored 12-4 in the first three games of their trip.
Mikkel Boedker assisted on both third-period goals, ending his streak of seven games without a point, and Devan Dubnyk made 32 saves.
Ovechkin, Tom Wilson, John Carlson, Joel Ward and Troy Brouwer scored for the Capitals, and Nicklas Backstrom had three assists. Washington dropped its fourth straight — while allowing at least four goals in each loss.
