GLENDALE, Ariz. — Last season, Matt Duchene had only one goal in the Avalanche’s first 11 games and the “what’s-wrong-with-Duchene” questions and stories came in flurries. That was before he had a torrid November, scoring 11 goals in the month, and he was on the way to the first 30-goal season of his career.
This season, he’s off to a little better start.
Duchene scored twice Saturday, giving him five in the young season, and veteran winger Rene Bourque added his first goal for Colorado as the Avalanche beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 at Gila River Arena.