SUNRISE, Fla. — Scott Parker’s value to the Avalanche was in evidence Saturday night at Carolina with a dominant fight victory, which seemed to spur on his team. But the downside of the occasional roughhousing by the Avs enforcer came into play Sunday, when his third-period penalty led to a tying Florida Panthers goal.
Avs coach Joel Quenneville wasn’t all that happy with Parker’s decision to take a roughing penalty with 10:27 left in the third and the Avs leading 3-2. The Panthers tied it on Olli Jokinen’s power- play goal.
“It was a tough time to take a penalty,” Quenneville said. “There’s a fine line that guys have to have. At this stage of a guy’s career, he’s got to know that and we’ve got to be better in that area.”
Parker didn’t play after that, logging 5:25 overall.
He ain’t heavy.
Florida’s Anthony Stewart is the brother of Chris Stewart, the Avs’ 2006 first-round draft pick.
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Good try.
Panthers coach Jacques Martin was not displeased, despite not getting two points at home. “I thought it was a good effort. We showed a lot of character coming back three times. We’ve had great success in the shootout, but I guess tonight it was not our turn.”
Taking advantage.
The Avs broke an 0-for-25 power-play drought on the road with Marek Svatos’ second-period goal. It was Svatos’ team- leading 20th goal of the season.
Andrew Brunette nearly got another PP goal — and his third of the night — but he missed by about 3 inches on a shot in the third.
