Jonas Johansson made 28 saves in his first profession nothing, and also Valeri Nichushkin racked up in the Colorado Avalanche’s 2-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.
Mikko Rantanen added an empty-net objective in the final min as the West Division-leading Avalanche got better from a humiliating 8-3 loss Wednesday to Minnesota, one that finished their touch of making a factor in 15 consecutive video games. Colorado likewise played solidly after its morning skate was canceled by a positive COVID-19 test.
” The entire day was sort of unusual,” Johansson said. “I tried to stay concentrated on a lengthy day at the hotel. … I’m proud of the men playing in front of me there at the end. I don’t think they had really a great deal of great scoring chances in the third. It was good to obtain the win despite the fact that we really did not actually have our ideal game.”
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA– APRIL 09: Devon Toews # 7 as well as Jonas Johansson # 35 of the Colorado Avalanche commemorate their 2-0 sway the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on April 09, 2021 in Anaheim, California.
Johansson made his case to be Philipp Grubauer’s backup in a strong efficiency versus the last-place Ducks. The Avalanche remain in the trade market for a back-up goalie, however the 6-foot-5 Johansson has enabled only three objectives in his last 3 looks for the Avs, that obtained him March 20 from Buffalo.
” It was sort of a greasy roadway win,” Colorado’s Tyson Jost claimed. “It had not been rather by any means, yet JJ was outstanding tonight. He did a wonderful work. He was a rock tonight. We really did not assist him out much, yet he obtained it done.”
Nathan MacKinnon extended his factors streak to 8 games with an assist on Rantanen’s late goal, which was Rantanen’s seventh in seven video games versus the Ducks this season.
John Gibson quit 33 shots for Anaheim, which has lost 11 of 15.
Gibson and also the Ducks held the NHL’s highest-scoring team to just one even-strength objective while mainly shutting down MacKinnon’s powerful line, but low-scoring Anaheim was shut out for just the 2nd time this period.
The Ducks played without captain Ryan Getzlaf, who took place hurt book with an upper-body injury, and also ahead Isac Lundeström, who had his appendix removed after falling ill Thursday.
” I believe we played a good video game,” Anaheim trainer Dallas Eakins said. “That’s a great group. … With a schedule diminished as ours is, I assume there was a lot of pride in those people actually bonding together and also making the selection to play properly.”
Nichushkin put Colorado on the board with his fast shot from the slot late in the 2nd period, converting a one-timer to Gibson’s short side on a slick pass from Ryan Graves.
Four of Nichushkin’s 9 goals this season have can be found in the Avalanche’s last five video games versus Anaheim, including his previous objective March 29 in Denver.
Colorado had won 5 straight as well as gained factors in 15 consecutive video games before its embarrassing loss at Minnesota. The Avs rebounded from their very first policy loss because March 8 with their fifth win in seven meetings with Anaheim this season.
Avs forward Jacob MacDonald remained to begin his two-game suspension for hitting Minnesota’s Ryan Hartman in the head.
CHASE’S HOMECOMING
Chase De Leo dressed for Anaheim for the very first time this period. The 25-year-old facility from neighboring La Mirada grew up cheering for the Ducks, that acquired him from Winnipeg in 2018 and also used him for one NHL game– both when traveling– in each of the previous two seasons.
” It’s something I’ve always needed my whole life, given that I was 3 years of ages, I presume,” De Leo claimed after his 5th career NHL game. “Being on the other side of the glass, I didn’t miss too many Ducks video games. I really did not learn I was playing up until quite late in the mid-day, so I had not been able to have my family here, yet I’m visiting them currently.”
After investing most of the previous three seasons with the Ducks’ AHL affiliate in San Diego, De Leo is ultimately getting an opportunity with his favored team.
” There’s a boy who constantly dreamed regarding betting this organization,” said Eakins, that trained De Leo in San Diego. “He obtained traded right here, as well as he’s had to work, work, function to achieve this. I think it’s simply a great testament to when you place your mind to something and also you function your tail off, great points can happen.”
UP NEXT
The groups finish their season collection Sunday at Honda Center.