Missing two of their biggest weapons didn’t stop the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. With Gabriel Landeskog still recovering from surgery and Nathan MacKinnon sent back to Denver thanks to injury, the Avs managed to squeak out a 2-1 win over the Calgary Flames.
It was a battle of the teams with the two best records in the Western Conference, and all three of the game’s goals were scored on the power play. Here are three takeaways from Tuesday’s win:
Nichushkin Steps Up
What’s already a career year for Valeri Nichushkin just keeps getting better. The seven-year veteran scored two goals to account for all of Colorado’s offense on Tuesday. Both goals came on the power play. Nichushkin had never scored more than two power-play goals in a single season entering the 2021-22 campaign.
Valeri Nichushkin, Colorado Avalanche (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
Trailing 1-0 midway through the second period, Nichushkin evened things up by deflecting a Cale Makar shot past Calgary netminder…
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