Avalanche 4-2 Penguins (19 Dec, 2017) Final Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

17-15-3, 7-10-2 away

	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	1	2
COL	1	2	1	4

Barrie scores twice, Avs hold off Penguins for 4-2 win

Defenseman Tyson Barrie scored twice, Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots -- even getting a little help from the posts along the way -- and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Monday night.

Dec 19, 2017, 05:58 am - Associated Press

		1	2	3	T
	Penguins	1	0	1	2
	Avalanche	1	2	1	4

1st Period			PIT	COL
5:04		Tyson Barrie (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matt Nieto (6)	0	1
10:39		Chad Ruhwedel (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Carter Rowney (2)	1	1

2nd Period			PIT	COL
5:56		Tyson Barrie (4) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Mikko Rantanen (19), Sven Andrighetto (10)	1	2
18:20		J.T. Compher (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Sven Andrighetto (11)	1	3

3rd Period			PIT	COL
1:25		Evgeni Malkin (11) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ian Cole (4), Chad Ruhwedel (2)	2	3
18:27		Mikko Rantanen (10) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon (24), Gabriel Landeskog (12)	2	4

PENGUINS

AVALANCHE

Regular Season Series

COL wins 2-0

Avalanche
2
Penguins
1

Game 1

12/12

Penguins
2
Avalanche
4

Game 2

19/12

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	55	23	4	114
Carolina	52	23	7	111
NY Islanders	39	27	16	94
Washington	40	31	11	91
Pittsburgh	38	32	12	88
Philadelphia	38	33	11	87
New Jersey	38	39	5	81
Columbus	27	43	12	66

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Dallas	52	21	9	113
Winnipeg	52	24	6	110
Colorado	50	25	7	107
Nashville	47	30	5	99
St. Louis	43	33	6	92
Minnesota	39	33	10	87
Arizona	36	41	5	77
Chicago	23	53	6	52

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Colorado Avalanche

Stars of the Game

Tyson BarrieD - COL

Semyon VarlamovG - COL

Sven AndrighettoRW - COL

Game Information

Barrie scores twice, Avs hold off Penguins for 4-2 win

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

COL wins 2-0

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