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Varlamov stopped 34 shots, Barrie scored 50 seconds into overtime and the Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 1-0 on Saturday. Pekka Rinne had 23 saves for Nashville, which has lost two straight but gained a point heading to Chicago on Monday. "Any point on the road is a good point," coach Barry Trotz said. "They're playing pretty well, they've got a lot of offense and they're at home. Obviously you want two points but we'll take one." The Predators are fighting to make the playoffs with a month left in the season. They came into Saturday two points behind St. Louis for the eighth and final postseason spot in the Western Conference with 14 games remaining. They got one point despite being shut out for the sixth time this season and wasting a strong outing by Rinne.
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Sacco inserted little-used Mark Olver into the lineup, and the forward had a goal and an assist to help spark Colorado's rally in the third period that beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Wednesday night. Chuck Kobasew also had two points -- including the game-winning goal -- and Ryan O'Reillyhad a goal and an assist for the Avalanche, who snapped a four-game skid. It was a banner return to action for Olver, who had been a healthy scratch for seven games. He used the opportunity to state his case for more playing time.
Duchene corralled a deflection from teammate P.A. Parenteau's desperation, long-distance shot and scored his second goal of the night as time was about to expire in overtime, lifting the Colorado Avalanche over the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Sunday to stretch their home winning streak to a season-high five games. "It feels awesome. I didn't think it was going to count," Duchene said. "Obviously, you're really excited at first but you're holding back a bit in case it doesn't count." Officials upheld the goal after a replay review showed Duchene got the shot past goalieAntti Niemi an instant before time would have run out in the extra period.
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