{"id":440748,"date":"2026-01-29T11:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/440748\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:41:07","slug":"stutzle-has-goal-assist-in-senators-win-against-avalanche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/440748\/","title":{"rendered":"Stutzle has goal, assist in Senators win against Avalanche"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valeri Nichushkin<\/a> and Parker Kelly<\/a> scored for the Avalanche (35-7-9), who have lost five of their past seven games (2-3-2). Mackenzie Blackwood<\/a> made 18 saves.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to face adversity, there\u2019s no question, right?\u201d Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. \u201c\u2026 We have to find a way to bounce back again and then string a couple of games together. But it never hurts to go through a little bit of a stretch where you have to push and play your best, and you got to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a scoreless first period in which Ottawa outshot Colorado 9-4, the Senators struck first in the second.<\/p>\n

Nick Cousins<\/a> gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead at 3:21 after he collected a long stretch pass from Zub at the blue line, skated in and beat Blackwood with a backhand.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everybody was on board tonight,\u201d Cousins said. \u201cEvery line contributed, and obviously got some big saves from [Reimer], and we\u2019re going to need those down the stretch here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelly tied it 1-1 at 14:05 when a dump-in by Keaton Middleton<\/a> was tipped by Brock Nelson<\/a> and landed on the stick of Kelly, who snapped a shot past the blocker of Reimer. It was his third goal in five games.<\/p>\n

\u201cCouldn\u2019t really keep sustained O-zone time to even get shots,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cSo not good enough for us tonight, and we\u2019re going to have to grind one out tomorrow in Montreal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just 17 seconds later, Ridly Greig<\/a> restored Ottawa\u2019s lead, 2-1, at 14:22. He won a race to the puck against Middleton after it caromed off the end boards behind Blackwood and lifted a shot over the goalie\u2019s right shoulder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valeri Nichushkin and Parker Kelly scored for the Avalanche (35-7-9), who have lost five of their past seven…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-440748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}