The Colorado Avalanche used good goaltending and an outstanding penalty kill to sneak past the Pittsburgh Penguins and improve their record to 8-1-0.
Here is what you need to know:
- The Pittsburgh Penguins struggled with the man advantage, going 0-8 after coming into the game with the second best power play in the NHL (motoring along at a 28% clip).
- Jean-Sebastien Giguere found a DeLorean, punched it to 88 MPH and traveled back to 2003 with this performance. Giguere made 34 stops including a spectacular game saver in the third period (no word on whether or not he brought a 'Gray's Sports Almanac' with him).
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- Marc-Andre Fleury, who came into the season with a lot of questions hanging over his head after losing his starting job during last year's playoffs, was handed his first loss of the season.
Sidney Crosby's points streak ends at eight games, Marc-Andre Fleury loses his first game of the season and the surprising #avs are 8-1-0.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) October 22, 2013
- Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog scored the only goal of the game, beating Fleury with a low wrister early in the second period. It was the 20-year-old's third goal in as many games.
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