Postgame Notes & Quotes Avalanche vs. Boston Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016
The Avalanche is now 18-10-1 against the Bruins since moving to Denver. They’re 2-3-0 against the Eastern Conference this season.
Jarome Iginla skated in his 1,488th career NHL game, passing Wayne Gretzky to take sole possession of 18th place on the NHL’s all-time list.
Semyon Varlamov’s 23 saves in the second period are tied for the second most in a single period in Avalanche history (since 1995-96 season). Calvin Pickard has the record with 24 saves in the third period on March 3, 2016 vs. Florida. Patrick Roy recorded two 23-save periods on Oct. 15, 1997 at Edmonton and March 25, 1997 at Hartford.
Varlamov finished with a season high 43 saves.
Sunday’s game marked the NHL debut for left wing A.J. Greer, who recorded two shots and one takeaway in 16:34 of ice time.
Defenseman Tyson Barrie logged a season high 25:24 of ice time.
Boston recorded a season high 45 shots, which is also the most shots the Avs have allowed this season. The Bruins’ 23 shots in the second period are the most allowed by the Avalanche in a single frame this season.
Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask posted his 33rd career shutout and third of the season. He is now 10-1-0 this season, which ties Montreal goaltender Carey Price for the league lead in wins.
David Krejci extended his point streak to three games and has recorded four points in his last three contests.
The Bruins are five goals shy of scoring the 20,000th goal in franchise history. They will become just the second team in NHL history to reach that milestone (Montreal Canadiens).
Colorado LW A.J. Greer On His First NHL Game: “It was a great experience. You know, being in this building with this atmosphere, it was unbelievable and a dream come true, obviously. You work your whole life toward this goal. The work just started. I’m proud to have lived this experience and hopefully, it’s not my last.”
On How The San Antonio Rampage Prepared Him For This Experience: “It helped a lot. It’s the same systems as here. You kind of learn from the old guys as well, little tweaks here and there. It’s pretty much the same thing. It’s an advantage because you come ready and don’t have to think too much and you just get right into it and do your thing.”
Colorado D Francois Beauchemin On Boston’s Shots Tonight: “A lot of it came from us turning the puck over. We are not breaking out clean out of our zone, not getting in deep in the neutral zone. They came back and took a lot of shots at the net. I don’t know how many they got on their power plays, I’m sure they got a few, but 5-on-5, we have to find ways to generate more. It’s every game now. We know it’s only zero, one or two goals, it gets frustrating. Guys need to play hockey, making the simple plays, getting pucks to the net with bodies in front. That’s how we have to score some goals.”
On Regrouping For The Los Angeles Game On Tuesday: “Well it’s a must-win situation again. I mean, we had a chance tonight, like I said, to get back in it and not trail too far. It’s a tough loss but again, we’ll have a good practice tomorrow like we did last week and go back at it on Tuesday.”
Boston D Brandon Carlo On His First NHL Game In His Home state: “I watched some games in this building growing up so being across the ice from some of those guys as well is a pretty cool experience for me. Obviously they are guys I looked up to when I was younger. It was a really cool experience for me.”
On His Breakaway Shot: “Really fun for me to get on that breakaway and give it a shot at least, pretty cool to break out of the box there and get on the rush.”
Boston G Tuukka Rask On Tonight’s Game: “That’s how you win a road game, you know. We said after the game that’s exactly how you want to play on the road. It was pretty much a mistake-free game and I’m very, very proud of our effort especially on the schedule we’ve had.”
On Playing In Back-To-Back Games: “In a back-to-back game like this you want to get off to a good start and not play behind because that is going to take a lot of energy out of you and you necessarily don’t have that energy, so we scored the goal and we kept it tight defensively and we didn’t have to overwork.”