NEWARK, N.J. — Scott Wedgewood stopped 25 pictures for his seventh profession shutout, main the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-0 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday night time.
Ross Colton, Logan O’Connor, Artturi Lehkonen and Parker Kelly scored for the Avalanche (16-13-0). Casey Mittelstadt and Calvin de Haan recorded two assists apiece.
Jake Allen had 19 saves for the Devils (18-10-2).
Wedgewood was acquired from the Nashville Predators on Nov. 29 in alternate for Justus Annunen and a sixth-round draft alternative. Wedgewood appeared in 23 video games over components of three seasons (2015-16, 2020-21 and 2021-22) with the Devils.
Colton, who scored within the first interval, was skating in his second sport since struggling a lower-body damage on Oct. 28 towards Chicago. He had gotten off to a scorching begin for Colorado, scoring eight targets within the first 10 video games of the season previous to the damage.
Lehkonen scored for the third time in Colorado’s final 4 video games.
Colorado earned its fourth shutout of the season. The Devils had been blanked for the fifth time this season.
Takeaways
Avalanche: Colorado’s high two scorers, Nathan Mackinnon and Cale Makar, had been stored off the rating sheet regardless of every taking 5 pictures on purpose. The slack was picked up by the Avalanche’s second and third strains.
Devils: New Jersey is 9-7-1 when permitting the primary purpose of the sport. They’ve given up the preliminary purpose in 9 of their final 10 video games.
Key second
Wedgewood now has a .965 profession save share towards the Devils.
Up Subsequent
The Avalanche end their four-game highway journey at Pittsburgh on Tuesday, whereas the Devils host Toronto on Tuesday within the third sport of a five-game homestand.
By Everett Merrill
