Postgame Wrap-Up: Barrie Moves Up Franchise Records

EDMONTON, Alberta--Tyson Barrie continues to make his mark in the Colorado Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques record books.
The defenseman had a goal and an assist, his third multi-point game of the season, as the Avs defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 at Rogers Place on Sunday.
The tally was Barrie's 62nd of his career, all with the Avalanche, and he is now tied with Rob Blake for third place on the franchise list for goals by a blueliner.

"That one is cool because Blakey was my favorite defenseman growing up, and I wore No. 4 because of him," Barrie said after the game. "I ended up playing for Colorado, so fairy book ending for me, it's cool. It's not really something I pay too much attention to, but anytime I can pass Blakey in something I take pride in that."

His marker came midway through the second frame and gave the Avs a 4-0 lead. Nathan MacKinnon carried the puck into the offensive zone, passed it to Mikko Rantanen, and he set up Barrie in the slot.
"[The Oilers] forechecked and I knew I had my guy beat. I think my D-partner fell with another one of their guys, so I thought if I jump up I will be able to create a 4-on-3 here," Barrie said. "Nate did a good job of driving and kicking it to Mikko. I just kept going to the net and Mikko put it right on my tape, and I just tapped her in pretty much."
Barrie's first point of the night was an assist on Carl Soderberg's sixth tally of the year, which was ultimately the game-winning goal in the contest.
It was the Victoria, British Columbia, native's 200th career helper; he is the third Avalanche/Nordiques defender to reach the milestone.
"I loved Tyson Barrie's game tonight, joining the rush, making some plays… We always want our net-D to join and be part of it, and I thought Tyson did a really good job of that tonight," said head coach Jared Bednar. "He was good the other night in Winnipeg doing that too… Tonight he capitalizes.
"He has a great assist on one, he has a goal on another one with a nice play by MacK and Mikko. Doing the right things on the entries--they were high percentage plays, not high-risk plays, which is something that we talk about as well--so he did a real nice job executing tonight."
Barrie wasn't the only Colorado player to find the scoresheet more than once in the victory. MacKinnonn, Rantanen and Soderberg also recorded two points.
"We were able to use our whole lineup more than we have recently," Bednar added. "I liked the balance of our lines tonight, and I liked the sort of intent that every line had, even though they were all just a little bit different. A lot of things to build on out of that one as we get ready for Boston."
Colorado's next game is against the Boston Bruins at Pepsi Center on Wednesday.

VARLY VARLY:Goaltender Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves in the contest to earn his fifth victory of the campaign.
"I think we were committed to playing well defensively, and obviously Varly was there when we needed him," said Barrie. "He was awesome and it would have been nice to get him that shutout, but we will take the win after going on a bit of a slide there. We played some good hockey and we didn't get the results we wanted, so it was nice to get that tonight."
"The team was very focused tonight, and we were ready to play. We were hungry, played really hard the whole game," Varlamov added. "We didn't give up that many scoring chances. We played with no turnovers tonight, which helps me a lot. No 2-on-1's, no breakaways. It's always easy to play that kind of games. I am glad we won and the losing streak is over."
TOP LINE GETS THINGS ROLLING:Colorado's top line of Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen got the Avs started offensively early in the game as Rantanen scored just 26 seconds into the contest.

"It's always easy to play when you score first and then you play with the lead," Varlamov said of the prompt goal support. "Everyone was just really focused tonight, and we played well. Defensively, offensively we were hungry. We were creating lots of chances."
The line combined for five points (one goal, four assists) in the game and has produced 69 points and 28 goals in 17 contests this campaign--the most of any three teammates in the NHL.
TEAM GAME NOTES:The Avs finished 1-for-2 on the power play and have notched a goal with the man advantage in 13-of-17 outings this season. Colorado is 15-for-59 (25.4 percent) on the power play this campaign, seventh in the NHL.
The Avalanche held Edmonton scoreless on three power-play opportunities and is now 58-for-70 (82.9 percent) on the penalty kill this year, moving up to seventh in the league.
Colorado has now scored four or more goals in three of its last four games away from Pepsi Center and is first in the league with 41 goals on the road this season. The Avalanche's 59 total goals in 2018-19 is tied for third and the club's 3.47 goals-per-game average is tied for fifth.
The Avalanche won its first and only game in Edmonton this season. Colorado's 64 wins over Edmonton since 1995-96 is its most against a single opponent.