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DENVER (AP) — When the moment arrived Wayne Simmonds Jersey , Andrew Agozzino was ready — big right fist pump, coupled with a glide on his right knee and even a little yell.This goal celebration was a long time in the making.Agozzino scored his first NHL goal and added an assist, Semyon Varlamov stopped 40 shots for his second shutout of the season and the Colorado Avalanche ended a six-game home skid by beating the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Monday night.“Just pure excitement,” Agozzino said. “It’s special and tough to put into words. There was a lot emotion after I saw it go in.”The 28-year-old Agozzino was recalled Sunday from Colorado of the AHL, where he led the Eagles with 22 goals and 28 assists. In his 11th NHL game — and first since April 9, 2016 — Agozzino pushed a shot past Malcolm Subban off a pass from captain Gabriel Landeskog. It gave Colorado a 2-0 advantage in the second period. The assist marked the 400th career point for Landeskog.A milestone goal, indeed.Agozzino also happened to be the oldest Avalanche skater on the ice at the time of his first goal. As for what he will do with the puck Womens Bryan Rust Jersey , well, he might give it to his father. Or just keep it.“He’ll be fighting me for it,” cracked Agozzino.Tyson Jost and Matt Calvert also scored as the Avalanche won their first game at the Pepsi Center since Jan. 19.Varlamov was brilliant all night, with little traffic screening his vision. He had 15 saves in the third period.“It wasn’t like a tough game where there are lots of screens in front and you can’t see anything,” Varlamov said. “The guys did a tremendous job. I saw most of the shots.”Subban had 35 saves for a Golden Knights team that’s now dropped eight of their last 11 games. Subban started back-to-back games for the first time all season with Vegas electing to rest Marc-Andre Fleury.“Their goaltender put up a perfect performance tonight and that’s what it took,” Subban said of his counterpart. “It’s tough to lose games like this, took a full 60-minute effort and I needed to make a few more saves tonight. Got to correct some mistakes and move forward.”Vegas coach Gerard Gallant was hoping his team could ride the momentum from a 5-1 win over Nashville the other night. It didn’t happen.“Not much you can do. We played a pretty good game tonight Josh Jooris Jersey Womens ,” Gallant said. “It was a 3-0 game but it really should’ve been a 6-5 game. The goalies were excellent.”Calvert gave Colorado a three-goal cushion with 13:07 remaining. The play was reviewed when it appeared he knocked it in with his glove. But the officials ruled he last powered in the puck with his stick after it struck his glove.Early in the first period, Jost stole the puck down low early and made a nifty spin move to score his first goal since Jan. 2. The young center was in such a scoring funk he was briefly sent to the minors for some more work. Jost celebrated his goal in style by dropping to a knee and skating toward the boards.It hasn’t exactly been home-sweet-home for the Avalanche this season with an 11-12-5 mark. This after such a dominant showing a season ago when their 28 home wins matched the franchise record set by the 2000-01 Stanley Cup championship squad.“It’s not like we go out there and don’t want to play at home,” defenseman Nikita Zadorov said. “We’re trying.”NOTES: Vegas LW Tomas Nosek returned after not playing in the last three games. … Avalanche F Colin Wilson (upper body) skated with the team Monday and could soon be available. … D Ian Cole (upper body) remains sidelined indefinitely. … Landeskog joins Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov as the only members of the 2011 NHL draft class to reach the 400-point plateau. … Agozzino assisted on Calvert’s goal. It was his fourth NHL assist. … The shutout was No. 25 in Varlamov’s career. … Colorado is now 0 for 26 on the power play over their last nine games.UP NEXTGolden Knights: Begin a four-game homestand Wednesday night against Boston.Avalanche: Host Winnipeg on Wednesday night. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — This may have been the most unusual of Nikolaj Ehlers‘ four career hat tricks.It didn’t make it any less satisfying.Ehlers snapped a tie with 3:07 to go and then completed the three-goal night when he was credited with a score after getting pulled down with San Jose’s net empty, sealing a 5-3 victory for the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday.“The two first ones were almost empty-netters and the third one the puck doesn’t even go into the net,” Ehlers said. “But we got the two points. My line mates made some pretty great plays there. It still feels good.”Ehlers scored in the first period following a bad bounce off the boards that left Martin Jones out of position and then knocked in the game-winner after Blake Wheeler drew Jones out of the net on a wraparound. Ehlers took the pass in the slot and knocked it past Joe Pavelski for the goal.The final score came after Pavelski brought him down with 1:00 remaining, leading to the automatic goal because the Sharks had pulled the goalie. It gave Ehlers 14 goals in his past 22 games Melker Karlsson Jersey , including a second hat trick after he recorded one Nov. 29 against Chicago.“(Ehlers) has a knack to put the puck in the net,” said Wheeler, who assisted on all three of Ehlers’ goals. “Obviously an incredibly dynamic player. He’s doing a good job of being patient, jumping in the holes at the right time and banging them in.”Mason Appleton got his first career goal and Dustin Byfuglien also scored to help the Jets win for the sixth time in seven games. Connor Hellebuyck made 41 saves.Evander Kane had a goal and an assist against his former team and Joe Thornton moved into 10th place all-time in assists for the Sharks, who had won five in a row. Pavelski and Joonas Donskoi also scored, and Jones made 19 saves.“This might have been our best game in the last six games and it was the one we lost,” coach Peter DeBoer said. “We had a good effort — some unfortunate bounces.”It was an action-packed first period that featured five goals Tyler Ennis Jersey Womens , five power plays, a fight between Barclay Goodrow and Brendan Lemieux, and a handful of big saves.After the teams traded penalties in the opening 40 seconds, the Jets struck first during 4-on-4 play when Byfuglien stripped Brent Burns near the blue line and skated in for the breakaway goal 51 seconds into the game.But in a sign of what was to come, the Sharks answered just 45 seconds later when Thornton forced a turnover that led to an odd-man rush that Kane converted for his first goal in six games against his original team. Thornton’s 1,040th assist tied Marcel Dionne for 10th place all-time.San Jose then took the lead nine seconds after Tyler Myers was called for interference, with Kevin Labanc’s shot from the circle hitting Pavelski’s pants on the way into the net. Pavelski’s 22nd goal in the 36th game of the season equaled his total from all of last season.The Jets responded with two more goals in the next 2:17 Tim Heed Jersey , starting with Ehlers’ first of the night. Nic Petan then set up Appleton for his first career goal to make it 3-2, and that’s where the game stood after Hellebuyck made a big save on Timo Meier and Burns hit the post on the power play in the final two minutes of the period.The second wasn’t quite as frenzied, although Jones did rob Ehlers late in the period before the Sharks tied it with 5.3 seconds left when Donskoi deflected a pass from Kane into the net.“Tonight was a heavyweight game for us,” said Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson, who extended his point streak to seven games with an assist. “We wanted to this one. But unfortunately they came away with it. We expect to be one of the top teams. Today we showed it in bits and pieces.”NOTES: Donskoi has 100 career points. … Petan suited up for the Jets after missing the previous 10 games as a healthy scratch, taking the place of Adam Lowry.UP NEXTJets: Visit Vancouver on Saturday.Sharks: Host Los Angeles on Saturday.