Drouin's Three-Point Night Helps Avalanche Beat Blues 5-0

How You Drouin?

Jonathan Drouin scored two goals and added an assist to help the Avalanche defeat the St. Louis Blues 5-0 at Ball Arena on Friday. Martin Necas, Cale Makar and Joel Kiviranta also scored for Colorado, while Mackenzie Blackwood made 19 saves in his first shutout with the Avalanche.

"They were communicating on the ice," Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar said after the game. "Which I liked to see. [The penalty kill] did it's job. The power play did its job. [It was a] bounce-back game from our goaltending. [They] played with [a] real good conscious on the defensive side of things to limit chances."

With the win, the Avalanche improved to 30-21-2.

How It Happend

At 4:57 of the first period, Drouin channeled his inner baseball player when he batted the puck into the net for his fifth goal of the season set up by Juuso Parssinen's feed.

With his 17th goal of the season and first with the Avs, Necas doubled Colorado's lead via a wrist shot from the high slot at 7:39 of the first. With the primary assist on the goal, Devon Toews recorded the 200th assist of his career.

"It's high," Bednar said when asked about Necas' ceiling. "I think he does so many things well and he's got great offensive instincts. I think he's going to be able to contribute on a nightly basis."

Drouin scored his second goal of the game and sixth of the season on the power play at 14:43 of the first with a right-circle snapshot to give the Avs a 3-0 lead.

Scoring the Avs' second power-play goal of the night, Makar tallied his 19th goal of the season via a wrist shot from the high slot to put Colorado up 4-0 at 17:25 of the first. With the assist on the goal, Nathan MacKinnon became the fifth active player to record three-consecutive seasons with 60

At 13:21 of the third period, Kiviranta put Colorado ahead 5-0 with his 11th goal of the season via a wrist shot from the slot shortly after an offensive-zone faceoff.

Next Up

The Avalanche conclude their two-game homestand against the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday at 1 p.m. MT on Altitude and Altitude+.