WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Cody McLeod scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-1 on Monday night.
Former Jets defenseman Zach Redmond’s shot from in close clipped McLeod and rolled past Winnipeg goalie Michael Hutchinson for McLeod’s fifth of the season at 6:45.
Carl Soderberg, Matt Duchene and Blake Comeau, who hit the empty net, also scored to help the Avalanche snap a three-game losing streak. Semyon Varlamov made 20 saves in his fourth win.
Toby Enstrom had the lone goal for the Jets (10-10-2), who dropped back to .500 on the season. Hutchinson took his fourth loss, allowing three goals on 28 shots.
Two big saves by Hutchinson at one end were followed up by Enstrom’s first goal of the season moments later to give Winnipeg a 1-0 lead at 13:40 of the first period.
The goal was the first in 41 games for Enstrom dating to Feb. 19.
Varlamov came up big on consecutive Jets chances in the second period – first against Drew Stafford and then Mathieu Perreault - to keep the deficit at one. And with the Avalanche on a power play, Soderberg’s shot from in front caromed off the skate of Winnipeg defenseman Tyler Myers and past Hutchinson to tie it at 16:43 of the second.
The Jets head on the road for three games to close out November, with their first stop coming Wednesday against Washington.
The Avalanche return home from their longest road trip of the season – a seven-game, 15-day trek. They play next on Wednesday night against Ottawa.
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Jets No. 1 goalie Ondrej Pavelec will be out until at least January with a strained knee suffered in a collision with Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan on Saturday night. ... The road trip matched the longest in Avalanche history.
