Burns Logs a Quiet, Clean Night as Avalanche Beat Stars

Brent Burns was a quiet but useful presence in Colorado’s 3-2 win, playing 19:03 over 21 shifts and finishing sixth among Avalanche skaters in ice time and third among the club’s defencemen. He didn’t register a goal or an assist — his production came entirely at even strength (0-0-0) — but he added two shots on goal, one takeaway and a +1 rating. The box score also shows two giveaways, no hits and no blocked shots.

For the season Burns has three assists in six games and a team average ice time of 16.8 minutes per game, so this outing’s 19:03 was a touch above his per-game number. Colorado won the road game 3-2, and Burns’s line reads as a straightforward, low-event night that leaned more on possession and positioning than on counting stats.