Red wings vs avalanche game

DENVER -- — Andre Burakovsky had two goals, Darren Helm scored in his first game against his former team, and the Colorado Avalanche became the first team in 26 years to score seven goals in three straight games with a victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night. They are the first team since Pittsburgh from Nov.

Darcy Kuemper stopped 23 shots for Colorado, which built a first-period lead in its first home game following a trip. Filip Hronek had a goal and an assist and Vladislav Namestnikov and Joe Veleno also scored for the Red Wings in their third straight loss and seventh in a row against Colorado.

Thomas Greiss was yanked after allowing three goals on seven shots, with Alex Nedeljkovic making 31 saves in relief. Helm spent the previous 14 seasons in Detroit, debuting in the NHL as a year-old in He had points in regular-season games with the Red Wings and won the Stanley Cup in Helm signed a free-agent deal with Colorado in July.

Helm took a feed from Nicolas Aube-Kubel and scored on a breakaway at of the first period to chase Greiss. Saturday, hours after the Pistons host the Houston Rockets, starting at noon. The Wings are dealing with players in protocol, too. Danny DeKeyser also spent time in protocol this season.

Here's why. There were 55 games postponed last season because of the pandemic. The Wings played through their schedule when five players Adam Erne, Robby Fabbri, Filip Zadina, Sam Gagner and Jon Merrill caught the virus a week into the season, but the disruption to other teams' schedules caused a Wings' home game against the Florida Panthers to rescheduled from Feb.

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