BOSTON -- The Colorado Avalanche certainly make the most of their limited trips to New England. Cheap Jerseys . Milan Hejduk scored at 7:57 of the third period while Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots for his fifth career shutout to lead the Avalanche to a 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Monday. The Avalanche has not lost in Boston since March 1998. Since then, Colorado is 6-0-1 during its visits. The Stanley Cup-champion Bruins have lost two of three to start the season. Hejduk scored the Avalanches first goal of the season. They lost 3-0 at home to Detroit in their opener Saturday night. "Weve had two tough challenges to start the season," Colorado centre Paul Stastny said. "Its easy to get up for these games, especially playing a team like this -- the defending champs." The Avalanche were certainly satisfied to have a win this season despite a low-scoring start. "To have one goal in two games and have one win, I think well take it," Hejduk said. Boston coach Claude Julien hopes his team will now realize what hes been preaching since the preseason. "You hope that its one of those games that we were talking about, that teams are going to come in here and they are going to work a lot harder," he said. "We got outhustled by a team that was a lot hungrier then we were." The Avalanche started fast, controlling play in the opening period and hardly seemed to get outplayed much of the rest of the way. "I thought we had some good urgency to start the game," Colorado coach Joe Sacco said. "The guys were really ready to play. "They responded well. Thats a tough team to play against. Theyre a physical team and they use their size very well." Varlamov was acquired from Washington for two draft picks during the summer. He had 36 saves in the loss to the Red Wings. Hejduk collected a loose puck along the boards, cut to the right circle and sent a wrist shot that slipped inside the right post by Tuukka Rask, who appeared to be partially screened on the shot by defenceman Zdeno Chara. Chara said it hit his shin pad before going in. "I was screened, but I saw the shot going," Rask said. "It hit a shin." A few minutes later, Varlamov dove across the crease to make a blocker save on Milan Lucics wrist shot from in close. Rask stopped 35 shots in his first start of the season. Vezina Trophy winner Tim Thomas played the first two games in goal for Boston after playing the entire post-season. "For the first game in a long time, I felt pretty good," Rask said. Rask was tested early and often. The Avalanche had a two-man power play for 27 seconds and kept up the pressure, with Stastny hitting the left post on a backhand off a rebound in front. The Bruins had two good scoring chances, both coming on 2-on-1 breaks in the later half of the second period. On the first, Daniel Pailles pass went between the legs of a streaking Chris Kelly near the midway point of the period. Varlamov made a left-pad stop on Brad Marchands tip from in close late in the period. Varlamov also made a sparkling glove stop on Marchands wrist shot from the right circle at the end of a 2-on-1 break while Boston was short-handed early in the game. The Bruins had a 4-on-2 break early in the third, but Varlamov made a right-pad save on Patrice Bergerons shot from the slot. After the Bruins raised their Cup banner on opening night, then had special pre-game introductions Saturday night for the second contest, things returned to a regular-season feel in TD Garden. There was no mention of the Stanley Cup or champions in the introductions. The in-game ads on the Jumbotron, which showed Chara holding the Cup during breaks in the first two games, were replaced by other photos. NOTES:@ The Avalanche were the last team in the Western Conference to score this season. ... Colorado played the first of a season-high five-game road trip and is away for seven of nine. ... Boston plays its first road game of the season Wednesday night against Carolina and faces the Blackhawks in Chicago on Saturday before returning home to face Carolina on Oct. 18. ... It was the only regular-season meeting between the teams this year. Cheap Jerseys From China .ca NBA editor Mitch Ward is tracking the progress of the 2012-13 NBA Freshman Class and will be updating the Rookie Rankings every week. Cheap Jerseys Direct . Soria, a two-time All-Star with Kansas City, is recovering from elbow ligament-replacement surgery on April 3. The 28-year-old right-hander also had the ligament replaced in 2003. His agreement was revealed Monday by a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because it had not been announced. http://www.dancewithmeusa.com/hot.ht... . -- A.J. Burnett was happy to escape from New York. 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Reserve JaVale McGee scored 19 points, Danilo Gallinari had 18 and the Nuggets built a big lead in the first half to cruise past the Kings 122-97. It was a lopsided victory for the road-tested Nuggets, who have opened the season with 18 of their first 25 games coming away from home. Already ahead by 18 at the half, Denver outscored the Kings 33-21 in the third quarter to take a 97-67 lead heading into the fourth. "Its the worst stretch of travel Ive been associated with," said Nuggets coach George Karl, who is in his 26th season as a head coach. "All we do is travel, play a game, and get in at 3 in the morning. Then we do it all over again." Being on the road for their NBA-leading 18th road game didnt seem to bother the Nuggets, who produced a season-high point total. They shot 54 per cent, had 27 assists, outrebounded the Kings 52-42 and committed only 11 turnovers. "Im enjoying what we are going through," said Andre Iguodala, who had 11 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. "We have a tough schedule and its a chance for us to build something. Were trying to play at a high level and be mentally tough." The Nuggets played well right from the start, scoring 16 straight points to snap a tie in the first quarter, and led by a comfortable margin the rest of the way. "The game was decided very early in this basketball game," Kings coach Keith Smart said. "We knew this team would run and we had to play real solid and not turn the basketball over. But that happened a lot early and we allowed them to get out and run. This is a bad loss for us." Denver has won seven in a row against the Kings. Sacramento has lost four in a row overall. Sacramentos Aaron Brooks committed a hard foul against Andre Miller late in the first quarter and a mild altercation ensued involving DeMarcus Cousins of the Kings and Kenneth Faried of the Nuggets. AAll four players were given technical fouls. Cheap Jerseys USA. Reserve Jordan Hamilton had a season-high 15 points and Kosta Koufos had 12 points for the Nuggets, who improved to 7-11 on the road this season. Ty Lawson added 11 points and seven assists. Denvers reserves had 64 points. "Give credit to everyone that came off our bench," Koufos said. "It was a good win for us. We started strong and finished the game strong. We ran the floor very well. Everybody played well." McGee made seven field goals, four of them on vicious dunks. Denver had 14 dunks in the game. "McGee and Andre have a great connection on getting lobs in the game and easy baskets," Karl said. "Hes (McGee) very active on the offensive glass and we got our favourite shot, which is the dunk and the layup. We also had a lot of easy baskets." Isaiah Thomas had 20 points and Cousins had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Kings. Jason Thompson added 16 points and 10 rebounds. Starting Kings guard Tyreke Evans played the first 10 minutes then left the game for good with a sore left knee. He missed five of the previous eight games because of his injured knee. Against the Nuggets, he missed all four shots and scored two points. "You want to have all your pieces you practice with. We know Tyreke is going through some issues with his knees and we hope to get him back," Kings guard Aaron Brooks said. "But we have to play a little harder. Right now I think we are slow on everything." The Kings were without Marcus Thornton for a third straight game. Their leading scorer off the bench, Thornton left the team to be with his sick mother in Louisiana. NOTES: The technical against Cousins was his seventh of the season. He was suspended by the NBA for one game last week for striking O.J. Mayo of Dallas in the groin. ... Smart was given a technical early in the third quarter. ... Koufos shot an airball on a free throw in the second quarter and was jeered by the crowd. 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