and Sherwood tonight, obviously two guys that can move and obviously keep up and grind in the corners. 'It's a clichГ©, but you got to keep it simple,' Dries said pregame. It is a fairly new combo for Colorado, as Sherwood debuted with the team last Tuesday while O'Connor skated in his first game of the season on Saturday.

At the end of the day, we should have got the kill for him, but I think it will be a really good game the next one.' DRIES, FOURTH LINE IMPRESSESДЇorward Sheldon Dries made his season debut for the Avalanche, centering the fourth line with Logan O'Connor and Kiefer Sherwood. Obviously I don't want guys to have to stand up for myself. Said Makar: 'I really appreciate that when teammates do that, but I think I said that before, I shouldn't put myself in that position. Compher was standing up for a teammate as Rau was part of a Wild duo that had just ran Makar into the boards moments earlier.Д«ednar said he's still unsure why Compher got the extra penalty, but he was fine with Compher's actions at the time to support his teammate. Compher was assessed an extra two-minute unsportsmanlike penalty for fighting Minnesota's Kyle Rau at 11:38 of the second period. 'Good experience, you obviously get better too, and I like where at, I like where our team is at right now.'ДЄs for the lone power-play goal against by Kaprizov, that came after J.T.

'It's not something that I worked on in the offseason or did anything different, I think it's just getting an opportunity and getting better each and every game,' Jost said. Jost finished with 17:11 on Tuesday and saw 2:24 of ice time on the PK, second-most among forwards behind Valeri Nichushkin (2:36) who was on the same unit. He's putting the work before the skill, and he's earning more ice.' He is way more effective, he's quicker in areas and harder on pucks, more competitive as a whole. 'He's improved on his faceoffs, defending, especially in D-zone coverage. 'He was one of our leading penalty killers at the end of last year, he is one of the leaders this year on a great penalty kill,' Bednar said. The forward was given the opportunity at the end of last season and in the playoffs, and he's taken advantage of the situation and produced one of his best games of the year in the home outing versus the Wild. 'ДЄnother trusted PKer for Bednar this season has been Tyson Jost. 'Obviously all of us on the backend are capable of doing it, but I'll try and do my best when I'm out there-everybody's power play is different but being on the PK definitely allows you to see those open seams that you might not see just being on the power.

If I can chip in, I will gladly do it whenever I'm needed,' Makar said.

Makar finished Tuesday's contest with 26:23 of ice time-his second most of season after skating in a career-high 28:09 on Sunday in Minnesota-which also featured a total of 4:29 on the power play and 3:46 on the penalty kill, the latter of which was the second-most on the team. You know it's great, the more guys we have that can kill penalties and make sure we're winning the two-minute game, the better.' 'They're intelligent players and they all play the power play, so they understand what the power play is trying to accomplish and where trying to get the puck, and it's making them great penalty killers. 'They're using their skills in the right areas to help get pucks down, using their legs,' Bednar said after morning skate on Tuesday. Head coach Jared Bednar has turned to younger players like defensemen Cale Makar and Samuel Girard to fill those roles in the meantime and sees a benefit for them that can carry over to their performance on the power play. Colorado's current rash of injuries has six players out of lineup, which includes four that are regulars on the team's penalty kill.

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