DETROIT — Make that a fine nine.
Captain Gabe Landeskog withstood a crunching hit while making a pass that sprung Logan O’Connor for a breakaway goal in the second period, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Monday night for their season-high seventh straight victory.
Even better, it was the Avs’ ninth consecutive road victory, a club record.
Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Avalanche. Anthony Mantha had the only goal for Detroit.
With the score tied at 1, Landeskog was just inside his own blue line when he took a hit from Detroit’s Robby Fabbri.