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The Colorado Eagles will wrap up their two-game series with the Bakersfield Condors on Wednesday night. Colorado is coming off of a 6-2 loss to the Condors on Tuesday.
The Bakersfield Condors broke open a 2-2 deadlock in the third period by scoring four unanswered goals to defeat the Colorado Eagles, 6-2 on Tuesday. Eagles forwards Cal Burke and Luka Burzan each netted a goal in the loss, while defenseman Matt Abt earned a pair of assists. Hunter Miska suffered the loss in net, surrendering five goals on 32 shots.
Forward Alex Newhook, who was a first-round pick (#16 overall) of the Avalanche in 2019, skated in his first professional game last night against Bakersfield. Last week saw the pro debuts of rookie defenseman Nate Clurman (sixth-round selection of Colorado in 2016) and forward Sampo Ranta who was selected by the Avalanche in the third round of the 2018 NHL Draft. Ranta netted his first professional goal with the game-winner in the second period of the Eagl
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GOALTENDING BATTLE
Colorado: Philipp Grubauer started and stopped 11 shots. Jonas Johansson played the final 12:42 and faced one shot.
Minnesota: Cam Talbot made 29-of-32 saves.
STAT OF THE NIGHT
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist to extend his goal streak to four games (five) and point streak to seven outings (five goals, seven assists). He has 25 points (10 goals and 15 assists) in his last 15 contests since March 12.
NOTEBOOK
Cale Makar had two assists to extend his point streak to four contests (one goal and four assists). Kyle Burroughs recorded an assist to register his first career NHL point… Andre Burakovsky now has four goals and six points (four goals, two assists) in his last five games. Mikko Rantanen (goal and an assist) had his 14th multi-point game of the year… Philipp Grubauer s 13-game streak (12-0-1) with at least a point come to an end. It was the longest streak by a goaltender in franchise history. Colorado finished its season series against Minne
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The Colorado Eagles take on the Texas Stars tonight in the second game of a four-game series. Eagles forward Martin Kaut extended his point streak to six games, as he scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner, in Colorado’s 5-4 win over the Texas Stars on Tuesday. Fellow forwards Shane Bowers, Ryan Wagner, and Sheldon Dries also lit the lamp in the victory. Eagles goaltender Hunter Miska made 32 saves on 36 shots to improve his record to 3-1-0 on the season.
Colorado outshot the Stars, 37-36 and finished the night going 2-for-5 on the power play. Texas converted on one of its three opportunities on the man-advantage. After Colorado’s 5-4 win over Texas last night, the Eagles have now scored 31 goals during their last seven games, averaging 4.42 goals per contest during that span. The amped up attack has been driven by a concerted effort to put pucks on net that now sees Colorado in third place in the AHL with an average of 33 shots per contest.
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The Colorado Eagles return home for the first time since March 8th. Colorado was scheduled to play Bakersfield last weekend, but the series was postponed due to roster constraints impacting the Condors. The Eagles last played March 27th and suffered a 4-3 loss to the Henderson Silver Knights. Colorado earned goals from Kiefer Sherwood, Luka Burzan, and Conor Timmins, while goaltender Peyton Jones suffered the loss in net, making 21 saves on 25 shots. The Eagles outshot the Silver Knights, 45-25 in the contest while going 1-for-2 on the power play and 2-for-3 on the penalty kill.
The Eagles will begin a six-game homestand beginning with four straight games against the Texas Stars. Texas dropped their last game 5-2 against the Iowa Wild and extended their losing streak to three games. The Wild recorded 45 shots on goal in the victory, outshooting the Stars 25-4 in the second period.
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