DENVER — John Gibson stopped 21 shots for his fourth shutout of the season and Lucas Raymond scored and had his team-leading 41st assist as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-0 on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Gibson improved to 22-11-2 with his 28th career shutout, which was Colorado’s first since Feb. 4, 2025, ending a run of 87 consecutive games with at least a goal.<\/p>\n
Detroit was 0-14-1 in its previous 15 games against Colorado entering Monday, including a 5-0 home loss two days earlier in which Gibson allowed four goals on 17 shots.<\/p>\n
After being shut out on Sunday, the Red Wings scored 33 seconds into the first period, with Raymond finding a wide-open Marco Kasper on an odd-man rush.<\/p>\n
It was the third time in the past nine games Kasper has scored after he was held without a goal in 44 of his previous 45 games. Prior to his assist, Raymond had gone three consecutive games without a point, his longest pointless stretch of the season.<\/p>\n
Raymond scored his 19th goal of the season into an empty net with 30 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n
With the loss, the Avalanche fell to 5-7-2 in their past 14 games after starting the season 31-2-7. It was the third home loss in the past 17 days for Colorado, which had recorded a point in its first 22 home games this season.<\/p>\n
Though it came in a losing effort, the Avalanche welcomed back star defenseman Devon Toews, who had missed the previous 13 games with an upper-body injury. He finished with a blocked shot and two hits in 20:19 of ice time.<\/p>\n
Mackenzie Blackwood made 23 saves in the loss.<\/p>\n
Red Wings: Visit Utah on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Avalanche: Host San Jose on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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