Postgame Wrap-Up: Mistakes Cost Avs In Winnipeg

WINNIPEG, Manitoba--A few too many errors proved to be costly for the Colorado Avalanche as the club fell 5-2 to the Winnipeg Jets on Friday at Bell MTS Place.
"Too many mistakes and turnovers with the puck led to chances against," said Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar. "All those odd-man rushes and scoring chances against, that's mostly on us and not on them. You got to give them credit for pinching the puck on the boards all the time with their D, they are always charging forward.
"When we played them behind that we got some chances of our own, but when they stopped us up, they came to our net with numbers and we didn't play our 2-on-1's very well with some of those chances we gave up."

While the Jets scored the first two goals of the contest, defenseman Erik Johnson registered his first marker of the season to make it a 2-1 game 2:23 into the third period.
Shortly after Johnson's tally though, Winnipeg created a 2-on-1 chance and recovered its two-goal lead.
"I thought they played their 2-on-1's and odd-man rushes way better than we did, and it turns out to be a difference," said Bednar. "I thought we were scratching and clawing, trying to stay in that game. We make it 2-1, we turn another puck over in the neutral zone. Bad change, 3-1 and the games out of reach."

Two of Colorado's scoring chances came in the middle stanza while the team was shorthanded.
Rookie forward Sheldon Dries had a breakaway opportunity and Matt Calvert and Ian Cole created a 2-on-1 rush during a penalty kill, but neither chance resulted in the puck getting past Jets netminder Connor Hellebuyck.
The Avalanche bench boss said after the contest that he believes the reasons for the blunders are in Colorado's control and the team can quickly fix it moving forward.
"I think if you look at the second period, and I will look back on it, but we had really good chances," said Bednar. "We had some odd-man rushes of our own, 2-on-1's, 3-on-1's, a breakaway shorthanded, 2-on-1 shorthanded, and we come up empty. Lack of execution and defensive plays by their guys.
"We are shooting ourselves in the foot. A lot of good things I think again, but we got to now find a way to get results here, not just worry about the good things we are doing."
JOST IS BACK:After missing four games with a head injury, Tyson Jost made his return to the lineup in Winnipeg.
Jost played on a line with Vladislav Kamenev and Mark Dano, and he recorded his second goal and third point of the season in 11:50 of ice time.
"He is another NHL guy that has been with us, and a guy that we rely on to provide us some secondary scoring," Bednar said of Jost before the contest.

BARRIE MOVING ON UP:Tyson Barrie's assist on Jost's tally brought his career points total to 260 (61 goals, 199 assists), passing Adam Foote for sole possession of second place on the franchise's all-time scoring list for defensemen.
Barrie needs one more helper to become the third blueliner in Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques history to reach 200 career assists.
The Victoria, British Columbia, native is also just one tally away from tiying Rob Blake for third place in the franchise's annals for goals by a defenseman.
BACK AT IT ON SUNDAY:Colorado will have a chance to correct its mistakes as the team continues its Canadian road trip on Sunday at the Edmonton Oilers.
"Our minds are in the right places and I think our effort and enthusiasm and attitude is, but we got to translate that into wins somehow," said alternate captain Erik Johnson. "We will get there. It's part of going through ups and downs throughout the season.
"There are peaks and valleys and you just got to maintain an even keel and try and get yourself out of it and try and have some fun and get some wins."