VIDEO: Alex Tanguay, John Mitchell combine for stupendous tic-tac-toe goal

by Thomas Drance
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Though they have skill to burn up front, the Colorado Avalanche have struggled to score in the early going this season. 

The club's offensive struggles are likely to be short lived though, particularly considering that its third-line - which includes players like Alex Tanguay and John Mitchell - can manufacture goals as pretty as this one, which opened the scoring on Saturday night in Montreal:

(Courtesy: NHL.com)

Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price bit hard on Mitchell's fake, but who are we kidding, he didn't have a chance. 

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