The Colorado Avalanche players not named Semyon Varlamov need to buy the one who is a very fancy steak dinner. With caviar and imported vodka, if that’s what the Russian netminder wants. Varlamov is the only reason the Avalanche escaped with a point from the Calgary Flames game.
And it shouldn’t have been that way. The team came out strong, with star center Nathan MacKinnon scoring a goal in the first 11 seconds of the game. That extends his goal streak to five games, which ties him with Mats Sundin for franchise record to start a season.
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