Rinkside Recap: Avalanche redeemed with a 5-2 win over New Jersey on home ice

The Colorado Avalanche bounced back from recent struggles by defeating the New Jersey Devils 5-2 at Ball Arena in Denver. After Devils forward Connor Brown opened the scoring with a short-handed goal in the first period, Colorado responded with five unanswered tallies from Gabe Landeskog, Nazem Kadri, Parker Kelly, Nathan MacKinnon, and Jaden Schwartz before Brown netted his second goal of the game.

Kelly scored the eventual game-winning goal in the third period, while Nicolas Roy returned from injury to provide an assist on Kadri's go-ahead marker. The Avalanche overcame a first-period lower-body injury to defenseman Josh Manson and successfully killed off a New Jersey 5-on-3 power play spanning the second and third frames.