DENVER — Peter Laviolette became the 20th NHL coach, and second born in the United States, to win 600 games when the Nashville Predators defeated the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 at Pepsi Center on Monday.
Laviolette, who is 600-399-114 with 25 ties in 17 NHL seasons with the New York Islanders, Carolina Hurricanes, Philadelphia Flyers and Predators, joined John Tortorella (603-479-104 with 37 ties) of the Columbus Blue Jackets, who won his 600th game on Jan. 10.
Nick Bonino, Viktor Arvidsson, Roman Josi and Ryan Ellis scored, and Pekka Rinne made 35 saves for the Predators (29-18-4), who had lost two in a row.
Alexander Kerfoot scored, and Semyon Varlamov made 23 saves for the Avalanche (22-19-8), who have lost two of their past three games and are 3-9-2 in their past 14.
Rinne kept the game scoreless when he stopped Matt Nieto with his right pad on a penalty shot at 3:30 of the second period.
Bonino gave Nashville a 1-0 lead at 5:01 of the second period, beating Varlamov five-hole off a turnover by Nikita Zadorov for his 100th NHL goal.
Arvidsson made it 2-0 at 6:35. After racing down right wing to retrieve a stretch pass from Filip Forsberg, he faked a shot and scored on a wraparound. He has 11 goals in his past 12 games.
Kerfoot cut it to 2-1 at 16:43 on a redirection of Samuel Girard‘s pass, but Josi scored 1:15 later off a pass from Austin Watson into an open net on a 2-on-1.
Ellis extended the lead to 4-1 with an empty-net goal at 17:07 of the third period.
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