from Nick Groke of the Denver Post,
It took just 55 seconds for a puck to sneak past Semyon Varlamov on Thursday night, a weasel of a first shot that poked under his armpit off the stick of a Carolina shooter. It did nothing to dissuade the veteran Avalanche goaltender from reaching a record.
Varlamov dominated over the next 59 minutes, stopping 57 shots in the Avs’ 5-3 victory over the Hurricanes. The Russian set a career-high and an Avalanche regular season record — not since Ron Tugnutt stopped 70 shots for the Quebec Nordiques in 1991 at the Boston Garden against the Bruins has this franchise seen a three-period performance to match Varlamov’s output at the Pepsi Center.
“He was phenomenal from start to finish,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said.
After a long, four-day layoff, the Avs also found the feel of another winning streak. Colorado (7-5-0), outworked in its own zone as Carolina put up 60 shots, won a second consecutive game and moved two games above .500 for the first time in more than a year. They are 5-1 in Denver.
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