Barrie helps Avalanche snap four-game slide
DENVER -- Tyson Barrie had a goal and two assists, Gabriel Landeskog also scored, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied for two quick goals in the second period to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and Calvin Pickard stopped 24 shots for Colorado, which stopped a four-game losing streak. The Avalanche (18-44-3) had lost 12 of their previous 14 contests (2-11-1).
Justin Faulk scored and Eddie Lack had 22 saves for the Hurricanes (26-27-10). Lack was pulled for an extra skater with 2:02 left and MacKinnon scored into the empty net to end a 15-game scoreless streak.
Carolina split its two-game swing through Arizona and Colorado but gained no ground in its faint playoff hopes. The Hurricanes are tied for last in the Metropolitan Division with 19 games left.
The Avalanche grabbed momentum with two goals in a span of 46 seconds. Trailing 1-0, Landeskog tied the score when he tipped in a shot by Barrie past Lack at 18:18 of the second period.
Landeskog's 15th goal of the season ended a scoring drought that nearly reached 100 minutes for Colorado.
Barrie gave the Avalanche a 2-1 lead with his sixth goal of the year at 19:04. It was the first time Colorado scored more than one goal in five games.
The Hurricanes took a 1-0 lead when Faulk scored 6:08 into the game. His shot from the top of the right circle beat Pickard to the short side for his 12th goal of the season.
Carolina thought it took a 2-0 lead at 11:56 of the second period, but the goal was waved off for goaltender interference, a call that was upheld after a Hurricanes challenge.
NOTES: Hurricanes LW Phillip Di Giuseppe was scratched with an upper-body injury suffered during the second period of the 2-1 win over Arizona on Sunday. Di Giuseppe's absence forced Carolina to play with 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ... The Avalanche signed F JC Beaudin and D Nicolas Meloche to three-year, entry-level deals Monday. Meloche was Colorado's second-round pick in 2015 and Beaudin was taken in the third round the same year. ... Carolina D Justin Faulk's goal was his first in 10 games.