Avs Wolski's Gets Shootout Winner To Sink Lightning

Wojtek Wolski got the tying goal and the shootout winner to help his Colorado Avalanche win their 3rd in 4 games with a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Tampa Bay opened the scoring with Steve Downie getting his 6th of the season as Colorado failed to clear the zone, turning over the puck to Downie who flipped the puck up to right winger Martin St Louis and St Louis flew to the net and being stopped by Avs' netminder Craig Anderson. The puck rebounded to Vincent Lecavalier but Anderson stopped him too with the puck bouncing over to Downie who had an open net but had to get it past defenseman Kyle Quincey who fell to block the shot, but Downie put the upstairs for the goal.

It took until past the midpoint of the 3rd period before Colorado could get anything past Lightning goalie Antero Niittymaki who faced a total of 34 shots. Wolski got his 12th of the season, tying him with Milan Hejduk for most on the team, at 12:11, as the puck bounced off Wolski past Niittymaki after center Paul Stastny shot from the low side boards and the rebound going out front where Wolski was tied up with defenseman Mattias Ohlund. The score remained tied through the final 8 minutes and overtime.

Wolski was the only player to score in the shootout and that stood as the game winner as Anderson stopped former Avalanche left winger Alex Tanguay.

Chris Stewart COL Save
Stephane Veilleux TBL Save
Matt Duchene COL Save
Vincent Lecavalier TBL Save
Wojtek Wolski COL Goal
Alex Tanguay TBL Save

The Avalanche remain at home, facing the Calgary Flames Sunday, while Tampa Bay will head to Chicago the same day to meet the Blackhawks.