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DENVER (AP) -- The luxury of playing on the same line with Peter
Forsberg and Joe Sakic was not lost on Adam Deadmarsh.
|  | | Calgary couldn't stop Colorado's Peter Forsberg, left, and Adam Deadmarsh, who celebrate Deadmarsh's hat trick. |
Fed the puck by his linemates, Deadmarsh scored three goals, and
rookie Marc Denis recorded his second career shutout as the
Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 4-0 Wednesday night.
"I'm pretty lucky to play with those two guys," Deadmarsh
said. "They're two of the best players in the world. Those two can
really turn it on when they skate well.
"We haven't been together that long, but it's a lot of fun to
play with them, for sure."
It was Deadmarsh's first career hat trick in 380 NHL games.
"I had one in junior hockey -- a long time ago," Deadmarsh
said.
Avalanche coach Bob Hartley said Forsberg and Sakic "were
getting Deader the puck, and he has a great shot. We have to be
patient with them. They are only in their fourth or fifth game
playing together."
The Avalanche got 27 saves from Denis, who recorded his fifth
victory of the season and third over the Flames.
Denis' most spectacular stop came in the final period, when his
sweeping glove save robbed Jarome Iginla of an apparent open-net
goal.
Calgary's Fred Brathwaite had 30 saves.
Forsberg had three assists, and Sakic added a goal and an
assist.
Coupled with Edmonton's 1-1 tie with San Jose on Wednesday night,
the Avalanche increased their division lead to two points over
Edmonton and four over Calgary.
"It was a big game for us," Deadmarsh said. "They are right
on our heels in the standings, and Edmonton is right there as well.
All games are pretty crucial at this point."
Denis agreed.
"We were aware that Calgary was within reach of us and Edmonton
was breathing down our backs," Denis said. "Two points might mean
a spot in the playoffs later on. We knew how big it was and we
didn't give up much.
"Patrick (regular goalie Patrick Roy) has been playing great
for us. I'm just glad to get a chance when I get the call."
Flames coach Brian Sutter said Deadmarsh's goal late in the
second period, which made it 2-0, was critical.
"If we're not down by two, we don't have to open things up in
the third," he said. "The bottom line is they scored on the power
play and we didn't."
Each team had only a single good scoring chance in a defensive
and scoreless first period, which saw Calgary outshoot Colorado
11-7. Calgary's Andrei Nazarov and Colorado's Chris Dingman were
assessed fighting majors early in the period.
Deadmarsh broke the scoring drought at 4:27 of the second.
Forsberg took a shot from just inside the right circle and
Deadmarsh, stationed in front of the goal, deflected the puck with
his knee past Brathwaite.
Then, just 14 seconds after former Colorado wing Rene Corbet
went off for high-sticking, Sandis Ozolinsh hit Deadmarsh in stride
behind defenseman Bobby Dollas at the blue line, and Deadmarsh
scored from the left circle at 17:33.
Both of the goals in the period came on power plays. Colorado
outshot Calgary 16-6 in the second.
Sakic made it 3-0 at 3:08 of the third. Martin Skoula carried
the puck behind the net and sent a pass in the right circle to
Forsberg, who then found an open Sakic left of the goal.
Forsberg's steal started a sequence that led to Deadmarsh's
third goal and 11th of the season, from the right circle, at 16:39.
Calgary got off only two shots during its three power-play
opportunities.
In its three games against Calgary this season, Colorado has
outscored the Flames 16-3.
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