Quick hitters from the Avalanche’s 5-1 Game 3 win against St. Louis on Friday night:
Grubauer’s left pad
Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer made three consecutive saves on Blues forward Ivan Barbashev late in the first period. All three stops came off Grubauer’s left leg pad — the seventh, eighth and ninth shots for the Blues in the period. Avs defenseman Ryan Graves finally stepped in and played the body on Barbashev, and the two got into a scrum and both were escorted to the penalty box for roughing minors with 11 seconds left in the period. When the penalties expired early in the second, Graves came out of the box and scored to give Colorado a 1-0 lead.
Compher steps up
J.T. Compher, the Avs’ fourth-line right winger in Games 1 and 2, is a natural center and stepped in for the suspended Nazem Kadri on the second line with wingers Andre Burakovsky and Joonas Donskoi. Compher also centered the third line at times, trading spots with Tyson Jost, and was effective in replacing Kadri, who will serve an eight-game suspension for his high hit on Blues defenseman Justin Faulk in Game 2. Kadri was replaced in the 12-man forward corps by Carl Soderberg, who was a winger on the fourth line. The Avs’ second-line alternatives were Compher, Tyson Jost, rookie Alex Newhook or Soderberg, and they settled on a combination of Compher and Jost.
Compher also added an empty net goal at the end of the third period. Avs beat the Blues 5-1.
Newhook nets first goal
Avs rookie forward Alex Newhook, 20, scored his first NHL goal to give Colorado a 2-0 lead at 12:37 of the second period. Graves had the assist for his second point of the game, firing a slap shot from the left wing. Newhook, playing on the fourth line, one-timed the rebound past goalie Jordan Binnginton for his first goal in nine NHL games, including three in the playoffs. Newhook, who completed his sophomore season at Boston College in March, is a future top-six scoring forward for the Avs and an ideal replacement for pending free agent Brandon Saad. Saad scored Colorado’s fourth goal off a beautiful centering pass from fellow winger Andre Burakovsky.
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