Colorado’s second- and third-lines are still trying to build familiarity together, but the early returns included flashes of success and mostly positive reviews.
Miles Wood #28 of the Colorado Avalanche celebrates his empty-net goal with Tomas Tatar #90 and Ross Colton #20 behind Adrian Kempe #9 of the Los Angeles Kings, to take a 5-2 lead, during the third period in the Los Angeles Kings season opening game at Crypto.com Arena on October 11, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. SAN JOSE — Ross Colton is spending the early days of his first season with the Colorado Avalanche trying to build some chemistry with his new linemates, Miles Wood and Tomas Tatar.
Colorado’s middle two lines have not looked quite as fluid and natural together at times, but both the second and third units have also flashed the ability to control play at both ends of the ice. The Avs had 15 scoring chances in 6:25 of game action at 5-on-5 with that trio on the ice, per Natural Stat Trick. The Sharks had one.
“Just high-level hockey sense and IQ. I just noticed right away how they both do the little things better than a lot of players in this league,” Johansen said of his new linemates. “That’s what made our first two games feel like we didn’t spend more than 30 seconds in our zone. Now we’ve just got to get that offensive chemistry going, but that defensive structure and attention to detail is impressive.
“I think we all bring different things,” Colton said. “Miles is really fast, so when we do a good job of chipping pucks behind the ‘D’ getting on the forecheck, that’s probably where we’re going to be the most effective. Tuna has a ton of skill. I just like to play the game hard and get to work down low. I think as the games go on, you’re going to see us playing fast and playing behind the ‘D’ more and that’s how we’ll have success.
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