Bowen Byram scored his first NHL goal and added an assist to lead the short-handed Avalanche to a victory over the Blackhawks.
Nazem Kadri and Gabriel Landeskog each had a goal and an assist for Colorado, which played without star center Nathan MacKinnon and head coach Jared Bednar. Both are in the COVID-19 protocol and away from the team.Darcy Kuemper stopped 32 shots in his Avalanche debut, and Jack Johnson added a goal.
Johnson, who made the team on a professional tryout contract, opened the scoring at 4:26 of the first period. Landeskog’s deflection 1:22 later made it 2-0, and Byram scored at 9:34 to put the Avalanche ahead by three.
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