Avalanche 3, Ducks 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Swiss goalie Reto Berra earned his second career shutout in his first start of the season as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-0 on Friday night in front of 17,174 at the Honda Center.
Berra made 35 saves in his second consecutive appearance. He relieved starter Semyon Varlamov late in the second period of Colorado's 6-2 loss to the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night in Denver and stopped all five shots he faced.
The shutout extended Berra's streak of consecutive scoreless minutes to 164 over two seasons. Berra earned his first shutout April 9, and has not allowed a goal since Anaheim's Richard Rakell scored at 17:58 of the first period April 3.
The Ducks have not begun a season with four successive losses since 2008.
The Avalanche took a 1-0 lead with their first shot 53 seconds into the game. Center Nathan MacKinnon received a pass from left winger Alex Tanguay and fired a slap shot from the right-wing boards near the face-off circle past goalie Frederik Andersen for his second goal of the season. The goal was the quickest allowed by Anaheim this season.
The Ducks responded with 11 shots on goal in the first 10 minutes, to no effect. Berra made three big saves. He stopped left winger Carl Hagelin's deflection of a slap shot at 3:28, kept right winger Tim Jackman from stuffing the puck inside the left post at 5:48 and made a kick save against center Ryan Getzlaf's wrist shot from the left-wing boards at 7:44.
Anaheim went on a power play when Colorado defenseman Nick Holden received a slashing penalty at 9:57 of the first period but managed only one shot on goal in two minutes. The Ducks launched 15 shots in the period.
Right winger Jack Skille extended the Avalanche's lead to 2-0 at 7:11 of the second period. Skille scored his first goal of the season by powering a slap shot between Andersen's legs from the left-wing boards near the face-off circle. Center John Mitchell ended the scoring with an empty-net goal at 19:15 of the final period.
Center John Mitchell added an empty netter in the final minute for his fourth goal of the season to close out the scoring.
Andersen finished with 22 saves.
NOTES: Colorado scratched D Brad Stuart, D Brandon Gormley and RW Borna Rendulic. ... Avalanche RW Jarome Iginla needs one point to tie Hall of Famer Norm Ullman for 39th place all-time with 1,229 points. ... Avalanche D Francois Beauchemin is the first defenseman since the franchise moved from Quebec in 1995 to record five points in the first two games of a season. ... Avalanche LW Gabriel Landeskog entered Friday night's game needing one point to reach 200 in his NHL career. ... Anaheim scratched D Clayton Stoner, C Shawn Horcoff and C Mike Santorelli. ... The Ducks unveiled their new third jersey Friday night. The jersey features the original Mighty Ducks logo on a field of orange. ... Anaheim entered the game ranked last in the NHL with 0.3 goals per game.