DENVER — Pavel Francouz made 27 saves and lost his first NHL shutout with just over two minutes remaining as the Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Islanders 3-1 Gabriel Landeskog, Andre Burakovsky and Joonas Donskoi had goals to help Colorado end a three-game skid against a scuffling New York team.
The Islanders continued their offensive struggles in losing their fourth straight despite another strong performance by Semyon Varlamov.
The goaltender, who spent eight seasons with the Avalanche before signing with New York last summer, had 26 saves in his first game in Denver since leaving Colorado.
The Islanders had just two goals on their four-game road trip.
Brock Nelson scored his 22nd of the season with Varlamov off for an extra skater and New York trailing by three.
