Scott Wedgewood, Avalanche shut out Devils

Scott Wedgewood made 25 saves and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the New Jersey Devils 4-0 on Sunday night.

Ross Colton and Logan O’Connor scored first-period goals for the Avalanche, who are 3-1 on their five-game road trip. Casey Mittelstadt and Calvin de Haan each had two assists.

Wedgewood, who was drafted by the Devils and spent parts of three seasons with the club, improved to 4-0 against New Jersey. It was Wedgewood’s first shutout of the season and the seventh of his career.

Jake Allen made 19 saves for the Devils, who were shut out for the fifth time this season. New Jersey had won two straight in the standings and lost 1-1 at home after five games.

The Avalanche went 0-2 on the power play and the Devils finished 0-3.

Colton gave Colorado a 1-0 lead at 4:07 of the first period. Mittelstadt received a pass behind the net from Valeri Nichushkin and passed it forward to Colton, who shot the ball perfectly into the goal.

O’Connor made it 2-0 at 14:52 by redirecting a pass from de Haan from the slot past Allen.

Artturi Lehkonen extended the lead to 3-0 at 14:36 ​​of the second period. Mittelstadt recovered a lost ball from New Jersey and passed it to Lehkonen, who had just come off the bench, for the breakaway goal.

The Devils only managed two shots on goal in the second period.

New Jersey pulled Allen with more than five minutes left and Wedgewood was immediately tested but made the save with about 5:10 left in the game.

Parker Kelly sealed the victory when he shot into an empty net from the blue line after a pass from Mikko Rantanen with 3:55 left to make it 4-0.

Rantanen has 37 points (15 goals and 22 assists) this season.

–Field level media