Matt Nieto entered the NHL playoffs without scoring a goal in 2019. His last goal came on December 9, 2018 in Pittsburgh. Now after four months and a 39-game drought, the Colorado Avalanche winger has goals in back to back games - both coming shorthanded.
Not only did he snap his own scoreless streak, Matt Nieto scored the first goal for the Avalanche nearly four and a half periods into their first round series with the Calgary Flames.
The first came Saturday night in game two. Nieto was able to chip the puck past T.