Gibson and Raymond push the Red Wings to a 2-0 win over the Avalanche

DENVER (AP) — 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.

Gibson improved to 22-11-2 with his 28th career shutout, Colorado’s first since Feb. 4, 2025, ending a streak of 87 straight games with at least one goal.

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Detroit had been 0-14-1 in its previous 15 games against Colorado, including a 5-0 home loss two days earlier in which Gibson allowed four goals on 17 shots.

After being shut out Sunday, the Red Wings scored 33 seconds into the first period, with Raymond finding Marco Kasper wide open on an odd-man rush.

It was the third time in the last nine games that Kasper has scored after going 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.

Raymond scored his 19th goal of the season into an empty net with 30 seconds left.

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With the loss, the Avalanche fell to 5-7-2 in their last 14 games after starting the season 31-2-7. It was the third home defeat in the last 17 days for Colorado, who had recorded one point in their first 22 home games this season.

Although it came in a losing effort, the Avalanche welcomed back defenseman Devon Toews, who had missed the previous 13 games with an upper-body injury. He finished with a block and two hits in 20:19 of ice time.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 23 saves in the loss.

Next

Red Wings: Visit Utah on Wednesday.

Avalanche: Host San Jose on Wednesday.

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