Barrie has two points for Maple Leafs in victory against Avalanche
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Tyson Barrie had a goal and an assist for the Toronto Maple Leafs in his first game against the Colorado Avalanche, a 5-3 win at Pepsi Center on Saturday.
Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist, and Frederik Andersen made 34 saves for the Maple Leafs (11-10-4), who have won two games in a row since Sheldon Keefe replaced Mike Babcock as coach Wednesday following a six-game winless streak (0-5-1).
Former Toronto forward Nazem Kadri had two assists, and Philipp Grubauer allowed four goals on 15 shots in the first period before being replaced to begin the second by Pavel Francouz, who made 12 saves for the Avalanche (13-8-2), who have lost two in a row.
The Avalanche took a 1-0 lead on Nathan MacKinnon’s shot from the blue line 31 seconds into the game.
The Maple Leafs tied it 1-1 at 9:49 when Pierre Engvall passed from the left face-off circle to Nicholas Shore, who slammed the puck in from the crease.
Matthews made it 2-1 at 10:56 when he took a pass from Barrie and scored from the high slot.
Barrie gave Toronto a 3-1 lead with a power-play goal at 13:22. William Nylander was at the right side of the net when he passed to Barrie for a one-timer in the left slot.
Kasperi Kapanen made it 4-1 at 17:36 on a breakaway off a pass from Jason Spezza.
The Avalanche closed to 4-2 at 10:21 of the second period on Andre Burakovsky’s power-play goal. Joonas Donskoi passed through the slot to Burakovsky low in the right circle.
Valeri Nichushkin made it 4-3 at 6:54 of the third period, converting the rebound of Ian Cole’s point shot for his first goal in 92 games dating to March 4, 2016, against the New Jersey Devils.
Zach Hyman scored into an empty net with less than a second remaining for the 5-3 final.
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