Roy scored to make it 5-0 at 18:02 when he wristed Parker Kelly’s drop pass in the left circle to the short side.
“They get in on a forecheck, and he fights to the inside ice,” Bednar said. “He doesn’t have a lot of room there, but he’s able to handle it on his forehand and put it on net and give himself a chance. But it’s his original work and sort of his route to get to the inside when he sees the turnover, like trying to attack the inside of the ice as quickly as possible. It’s something that he kind of has a knack for, of getting inside.”
Necas scored his second of the game just 23 seconds later to make it 6-0 at 18:25, backhanding Gabriel Landeskog’s centering pass into an open net from atop the crease. Binnington was out of position after getting behind the net to play the puck, but it skipped over his stick and went to Landeskog.
“I don’t know what their home record was last year, but they didn’t lose many games,” Thomas said. “So it’s a tough place to play. They come out hot, and we knew that. And yeah, there’s just some mistakes early, especially with me. So we got to clean that up.”
Dvorsky cut the deficit to 6-1 at 2:34 of the third period after he located a loose puck in the high slot and backhanded it far side past the glove of Blackwood.
NOTES: Landeskog played in his 800th career game. He’s the sixth player in franchise history to reach 800 games following Joe Sakic (1,378), Milan Hejduk (1,020), Adam Foote (967), MacKinnon (951) and Michel Goulet (813). … Necas scored his 50th career goal with the Avalanche (51 goals, 81 assists) in 110 games. He became the seventh player in franchise history to hit the mark in 110 games or fewer behind Jacques Richard (86 games), Real Cloutier (88 games), Marian Stastny (92 games), Peter Stastny (92 games), Anton Stastny (104 games) and Marc Tardif (106 games). … The Avalanche have recorded 14 goals through their first two games of 2026-27, the second-highest total by a reigning President’s Trophy winner, trailing only the 1989-90 Calgary Flames (16). … The Avalanche dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen … Blues forward Alexey Toropchenko did not play after suffering an upper-body injury in their win on Friday.