OTTAWA Philadelphia Flyers Hoodies Authentic , Ontario (AP) — Matt Duchene’s first game as a father couldn’t have gone much better.He even got to celebrate among old friends.Duchene had two goals and an assist against his former club, and the Ottawa Senators beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Wednesday night.Duchene had missed the previous three games as his wife Ashley gave birth to the couple’s first son, Beau. It was also his fourth game against the Avalanche since being traded to Ottawa in November 2017. He also scored twice in Denver on Oct. 26.“It’s a very special feeling,” Duchene said. “My main focus coming in today was to just try and meld back into the lineup the best I could and fit in with what the guys had been doing on the road. They had been playing so well.”Brady Tkachuk, Mark Stone and Ryan Dzingel also scored for the Senators, and Anders Nilsson made 30 saves. It was Ottawa’s first win at home since Dec. 17.Nikita Zadorov and Nathan MacKinnon scored for the Avalanche, who wrapped up a five-game trip. Semyon Varlamov stopped 26 shots.It was a difficult trip for the Avalanche, as they finished with a 1-4-0 record.“It’s a disappointing road trip because I thought we started it playing some good hockey and didn’t get rewarded,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “I didn’t like our game in Montreal, really liked it in Toronto and not ready to play (Wednesday).”Duchene put the Senators ahead 4-1 with his 19th goal of the season midway through the third period. Zack Smith had fired a puck that went wide of the net off the back boards, and Duchene picked it up and scored short side.The Avalanche appeared to cut the lead in half minutes later Philadelphia Flyers Hats Authentic , but it was waived off upon review because the left post was off the mooring.MacKinnon had a power-play goal with four minutes remaining and Varlamov on the bench for the two-man advantage. The Avalanche had another opportunity after Christian Jaros sent the puck over the glass, but Colorado couldn’t capitalize. Duchene scored into an empty net with 1:02 left.Ottawa has won three of its past four games, and now it has Duchene and Thomas Chabot back in the lineup. Chabot returned after missing the last eight games with an upper-body injury.“A guy like that makes plays that can win games,” coach Guy Boucher said. “Even when he doesn’t have a goal or a point, it’s the minutes he plays, the neutral zone transitions, play in the offensive zone, momentum, you can’t measure his impact. That’s why when you lose a guy like that it’s gigantic.”NOTES: Nick Paul was a healthy scratch for the Senators. … Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson missed his 11th straight game due to a concussion.UP NEXTAvalanche: Return home to face the Kings on Saturday.Senators: Play at Carolina on Friday night. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A year after finishing with the worst record in the NHL, the Buffalo Sabres are making a habit of rallying in their second year under coach Phil Housley.Jason Pominville scored with 1:30 remaining and Buffalo extended its winning streak to five games with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday.Rookie defenseman Rasmus Dahlin had his second career goal and added an assist for the Sabres Custom Philadelphia Flyers Jerseys , who rallied from a two-goal deficit to post their longest winning streak since 2012.“I think it just goes to show we have a different group, different mindset and different attitude,” Pominville said after his ninth goal of the season. “We stuck with it, found a way, and again it just shows a lot about our group. We had a tough, tough schedule.“Playing in Winnipeg last night, going through customs, flying here, 5 o’clock game, they didn’t play. So, it shows a lot about our team.”Jake McCabe also scored and Linus Ullmark made 37 saves for Buffalo. The Sabres recovered from a 1-0 deficit on Friday in a shootout win in Winnipeg. They’ve won four times in 11 games when trailing after two periods.“Coming into training camp www.officialpenguinsproshop.com , our conditioning, our checking detail, I think they’re getting rewarded right now for that hard work,” Housley said. “It’s tough going into Winnipeg and getting two points there, and then getting two points in Minnesota, where they’ve only lost one game, they’re pretty deadly in this building.”Matt Dumba scored for the third straight game and Devan Dubnyk stopped 26 shots for the Wild. Zach Parise added another goal, becoming the highest-scoring Minnesotan in NHL history. The Wild lost for just the fourth time in their last 15 games and the second time in regulation in 10 home games.“The back-to-back games, if you could have made it 3-nothing, 4-nothing, then they would have said Pittsburgh Penguins T-Shirts Authentic , ‘Let’s go home,'” Minnesota coach Bruce Boudreau said. “You’re exhausted, you’re tired, you’re back-to-back and then you come in. But if you let them hang around, fatigue leaves you. You become more into the game and wanting to win it.”Dahlin scored with 7:02 remaining in the third, poking a loose puck past Dubnyk after the goaltender couldn’t get a handle on it.Pominville capitalized after Buffalo’s Jack Eichel tried to grab a loose puck in the offensive zone following a dump-in. The puck trickled out to Pominville, who quickly spun and sent a shot past an unsuspecting Dubnyk.“I think we probably could have stepped on their throats a little bit, the way the first period was going,” Dubnyk said. “It’s always disappointing to give up a lead and especially when it’s late.”Parise scored the 341st goal of his 14-year career, surpassing Dave Christian’s 340 goals and previous top mark in league history for a player born in Minnesota.Dumba, who signed a five-year Pittsburgh Penguins Hoodies Authentic , $30 million contract in the offseason, scored his eighth goal of the season. The total is second among defenseman in goals and just six away from the career-high 14 he scored last season.McCabe scored his second goal of the season to start the comeback after Dahlin, the first-overall pick in this year’s draft, cut through the Wild defense to spot a wide-open McCabe on the backside.“It’s so easy to play on this team because we always know, if we’re down two goals, we know we’re going to get back,” Dahlin said. “I love to have that feeling. I love to play on this team.”NOTES: It’s Buffalo’s first five-game winning streak since March 19-27, 2012. It’s the first time since the 2009-10 season that Buffalo has had 26 points through the first 20 games. … Minnesota is 11-3-2 in its last 16 games against the Sabres, outscoring them 54-31 in the process. … Wild F Joel Eriksson Ek was a healthy scratch for the first time this season. Eriksson Ek had missed six games earlier with a lower-body injury. … D Casey Nelson returned to the lineup for Buffalo after being a healthy scratch for four straight games. … The Sabres scratched D Nathan Beaulieu.UP NEXTSabres: Finish their road trip on Monday at Pittsburgh.Wild: Play the second game of their back-to-back on Sunday at Chicago.
