Barracuda End Four-Game Skid With Dominant 6-3 Win Over Eagles
Quentin Musty racked up four points as San Jose erupted for four first-period goals to end a four-game skid with a 6-3 win over Colorado.
Four goals in less than 12 minutes of opening-period hockey was all the separation the San Jose Barracuda needed. They went on to rout the Colorado Eagles 6-3 at Tech CU Arena on Friday, snapping a four-game losing streak and ending Colorado's three-game winning run in the same breath.
Quentin Musty led the way with a game-high four points on two goals and two assists, a performance that extended across all three periods. He scored at 5:19 of the first to push San Jose's lead to 2-1, then capped his night with a power-play goal at 15:15 of the third that put the result beyond reach.
The real damage came in the opening frame. Egor Afanasyev got things started just 2:07 in, converting a two-on-one with a feed from Jimmy Huntington. After Musty extended the lead and Colorado answered briefly, Patrick Giles scored shorthanded at 10:29, flipping a penalty kill into a transition goal that deflated the Eagles. Filip Bystedt then buried his 20th of the season at 11:53 to make it 4-1 after one.
Colorado refused to collapse without a fight. Maroš Jedlička and Ivan Ivan scored back-to-back late in the first period to trim the deficit to 4-3, carrying some momentum into the intermission. But San Jose answered with two more in the third, and Musty's power-play goal slammed the door.
Colin White was a force in his own right with a three-point night, going 1-for-2 in goals and adding two assists. Laurent Brossoit was steady in net, stopping 26 of 29 shots. The Barracuda outshot Colorado 35-29 and went 2-for-4 on the man advantage.
Giles' shorthanded tally was the kind of counterpunch that separates legitimate playoff contenders from pretenders. Scoring against the run of play, short-handed, while already protecting a lead is not an accident; it's a team that trusts its speed and reads the ice in transition.
San Jose hosts Colorado again in a rematch shortly. With Bystedt now at 20 goals, Musty capable of four-point outbursts, and Brossoit holding firm when tested, the Barracuda's push for a Pacific Division playoff spot is looking increasingly serious.
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