DALLAS — Five games, five goals, zero conceit about it.
The day Milan Hejduk gets big-headed about anything he does is the day the moon turns to cheese. Still, even the level-headed Avalanche winger is encouraged by his quick start to the season. The veteran scored two goals in Colorado’s 5-4 victory over Dallas on Saturday, tying him for fourth in the league.
“The whole team, we’re scoring a lot of goals. We’re clicking,” Hejduk said.
Hejduk scored the Avs’ first and third goals. Linemate Paul Stastny stole a puck from Mike Modano and fed Hejduk on a 2-on-1 for the first goal, and he snuck a shot past Stars goalie Marty Turco at 5:29 of the second period, on the power play, to give Colorado a 3-2 lead.
“Hedgie’s shooting the puck well right now,” Avs coach Tony Granato said.
No gripes.
Stars coach Dave Tippett did not make an issue out of the disallowed goal by Brenden Morrow, after officials in Toronto ruled he directed it in with his glove.
“It’s the rule, it went off his hand, and it’s no goal. About 100 percent of the time, if it hits a hand, they are going to wave it off,” Tippett said.
Footnotes.
Avs center Tyler Arnason got his first goal of the season, shooting into a vacated net after Wojtek Wolski stole a puck from Stars goalie Marty Turco behind the net and fed him in front. “Just because the goalie’s not in doesn’t mean it’s empty,” Arnason deadpanned. “There were still two defenders I had to get around.” . . .
Granato said he would decide today about his starting goalie for Monday’s game at Los Angeles. After starting the first three games, Peter Budaj has sat the last two in favor of Andrew Raycroft. . . .
Avs winger Scott Parker was reassigned to Lake Erie of the American Hockey League.
