OTTAWA - Jarome Iginla scored twice and added an assist and Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves as the Colorado Avalanche snapped a four-game losing skid by defeating the Ottawa Senators 4-3 Thursday night.
Nathan MacKinnon and Blake Comeau, into an empty net, also scored for the Avalache (28-25-4), who led 3-0 before Ottawa pulled within a goal in the second period.
Chris Neil scored with 26 seconds left after Comeau's empty-netter in the third but the Senators couldn't complete the comeback. Mark Stone and Mike Hoffman also scored for Ottawa (25-25-6) while Andrew Hammond turned aside 23 shots in goal. Dion Phaneuf, in his home debut for Ottawa, had two assists.
The first five goals of the game came with the man advantage.
Iginla scored his first, and the game's first goal, when he put the puck past Hammond at 9:16 of the opening period. Hammond nearly made a spectacular arm save from his stomach on the Iginla shot, but the puck barely made its way across the goal line.
The Avalanche took a 3-0 lead with goals from MacKinnon and Iginla at 2:26 and 6:54 respectively of the second period.
