NEW YORK—The Colorado Avalanche knew it wouldn’t be easy and the team knew the New York Rangers were hot, but the Avs skated away with a 2-1 victory at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night anyway.
Hockey the hard way.
For the second game in a row, the Avs were sound in all areas of the game. They were disciplined, solid defensively, scored more goals than the other team—with secondary production coming from Chris Wagner on the fourth line—and netminder Semyon Varlamov was unstoppable between the pipes.
“I would say, about the team game, the team played very well for me today.