Brent Burns Chips In During Avalanche Win

Brent Burns helped set the tone offensively and defensively in Colorado’s road victory. He recorded an assist and skated 20:00 in the 7-3 win over Calgary. He picked up his lone helper at even strength, where he also had one shot on goal and five shot attempts; on the penalty kill he added one shot on goal. Burns finished with one assist, zero goals, one point, two blocked shots and one giveaway across 24 shifts, and his ice time ranked 3rd among the team’s skaters and 3rd among Colorado’s six defencemen.

Through four games this season Burns has three assists and three points and is averaging 16.5 minutes of ice time per game; this night’s 20 minutes was above that per-game mark. Colorado’s victory provided the context, but the box score shows Burns contributing an assist while playing a supporting minutes package and chipping in defensively with two blocks.