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Avalanche 7-4 Win Against The Senators, 1/16/24

 




*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*


   The Avalanche went to Ottawa and took the W on Tuesday, January 16th! Colorado won with a 7-4 score against the Senators - a good win for the Avalanche after their 4-3 loss on January 15th.


Avalanche lineup against the Senators:

Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen

Wood - Colton - O'Connor

Cogliano - Johansen - Kiviranta

Olofsson - Polin


Toews - Makar

Girard - Manson

Johnson - Malinski

MacDermid


Georgiev

Prosvetov


Senators lineup against the Avalanche:

Tkachuk - Greig - Giroux

Tarasenko - Stutzle - Batherson

Kubalik - Chartier - Joseph

Kelly - Kastelic - MacEwen


Sanderson - Zub

Chabot - Hamonic

Chychrun - Brannstrom


Sogaard

Korpisalo


   Drake Batherson strikes first, putting the Senators in the lead... Mikko Rantanen scores soon after, tying up the game. The final score of the first period was 1-1.


   Ridly Greig puts the Senators back on top early in the middle frame! Jason Polin scores his first NHL goal, tying the game back up - 2-2. Ridly Greig strikes again, taking the lead for Ottawa - Jake Sanderson scoring another for the Senators not long after Greig's second goal. Sam Malinski scored - it was determined that the play was offsides. Mikko Rantanen nets another! 4-3 was the final score of the second period.


   Miles Wood scores his seventh of the season and ties up the game, 4-4. Sam Malinski scored and it was NOT offsides this time! Logan O'Connor nets one, his eighth of the season. Devon Toews scores an empty-netter, 7-4 was the final score overall!



"I think the first goal is obviously memorable. It was a great play by Sam to get it up to him and then you see his goal goal-scorer instincts that were so successful in college sort of pay off there. It was a great shot." Logan O'Connor spoke to the media after the Avalanche 7-4 win, talking about Jason Polin's first NHL goal.



- Logan O'Connor stats:

   - 8 Goals

   - 11 Assists

   - 19 Points

- Ridly Greig stats:

   - 6 Goals

   - 10 Assists

   - 16 Points

    



Postgame: Jared Bednar

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