Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sports News

NHL: Colorado 5, Pittsburgh 3

|
|
 
  
Published: Jan. 10, 2009 at 6:33 PM

DENVER, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- David Jones scored twice and added an assist for the Colorado Avalanche Saturday in a 5-3 win over Pittsburgh, which has lost seven of its last eight games.

The Avalanche scored three times in the second period to take a two-goal lead and swapped goals with the Penguins in the third. Colorado goalie Andrew Raycroft finished with 21 saves for his seventh straight win.

Ryan Smyth, Wojtek Wolski and Cody McLeod each had a goal and assist for Colorado, which has won three straight games.

Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin each had a goal and assist for Pittsburgh. Jordan Staal also scored.

Pittsburgh goalie Dany Sabourin allowed four goals and blocked 21 shots until he was replaced by Marc-Andre Fleury, who let in a goal and stopped six shots.

Topics: Andrew Raycroft, Cody McLeod, Ryan Smyth, Wojtek Wolski
© 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Super Bowl XLVI ticker tape victory parade N.Y. Giants win Super Bowl XLVI Cheerleaders of 2012
Additional Sports News Stories
1 of 25
Meryl Streep and Colin Firth attend the "BAFTA" ceremony in London
View Caption
fark
Bill that would have protected Iowa cities against lawsuits over sledding accidents on city property...
Susan G. Kommen founder Nancy Brinker billed the foundation $133,507 in expenses while she was working...
Shes 100 years old today and still hotter than hell Dumber than a sack of wet rocks though
A local flight company in Cincinnati offers couples the chance to have sex in the back of their...
Valentine's Day music to avoid: five music videos that suck the fun out of sex
Vladimir Putin ridiculed for telling his countrymen to stop being such limp d**ks and get it on...