Hurricanes place goalie Cam Ward on IR with concussion

Hurricanes place goalie Cam Ward on IR with concussion

The Carolina Hurricanes have placed goalie Cam Ward on injured reserve with a concussion.

The Hurricanes have earned points in each of his past five appearances, with three wins and two overtime losses in that span.

Francois Beauchemin scored a go-ahead goal with 31.7 seconds left in the third period to lift host Colorado.

The Avalanche, who scored twice in the third, went ahead when Beauchemin’s shot from the point went off Buffalo defenseman Mark Pysyk and beat goalie Robin Lehner high for his sixth of the season.

Buffalo’s loss spoiled the return of Ryan O’Reilly, who played six seasons in Colorado and was facing his former team for the first time since being traded in the offseason.

Brian Elliott stopped 29 shots, and Dmitri Jaskin scored a key third-period goal for visiting St. Louis.

Elliott came within 2:13 of becoming the first goalie in 69 games to shut out the Red Wings, but Henrik Zetterberg spoiled his bid with a power-play goal through Justin Abdelkader’s screen.

Rickard Rakell scored the go-ahead goal with 6:19 left in the third period and rookie John Gibson made 25 saves for host Anaheim.