DENVER -- The Colorado Avalanche squandered most of a three-goal lead Saturday but held on for a 5-3 win against the Winnipeg Jets at Pepsi Center.
Goalie Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves to help the Avalanche (9-13-1) win for the third time in 10 home games this season.
Matt Duchene scored into an empty net on a power play with 16.4 seconds remaining. The goal was his 11th in November, breaking the Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques record he held with Claude Lemieux.
The Jets (11-12-2) went 1-2-0 on their three-game road trip.
Avalanche rookie Chris Wagner put the Avalanche ahead 4-2 at 2:48 of the third period. Wagner converted Jack Skille's pass for his second NHL goal in 26 games. He scored his first Wednesday against the Ottawa Senators.
The Jets cut the deficit to 4-3 on Jacob Trouba's goal at 10:54. Trouba spun around Colorado's Blake Comeau above the left circle, moved in and scored through traffic for his second goal of the season and first in eight games.
Carl Soderberg scored at 5:55 of the second period to give the Avalanche a 3-0 lead before the Jets rallied with goals by Andrew Ladd and Blake Wheeler 4:32 apart to close to 3-2.
Duchene picked up his second assist of the game when he passed to Soderberg skating down the slot with a step on Trouba. Soderberg cut to the right and tucked the puck between goalie Michael Hutchinson's left skate and the goal post.
Ladd scored at 9:05 when he tipped Trouba's point shot behind Varlamov. Ladd has 12 goals in 26 games against Colorado.
Wheeler scored a shorthanded goal at 13:37 with Anthony Peluso in the penalty box for tripping Gabriel Landeskog. Alexander Burmistrov passed to Wheeler skating into the slot for a backhand shot by Varlamov's stick.
The Jets have scored five shorthanded goals, and the Avalanche have allowed five.
The Avalanche took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Comeau and Landeskog, who scored 4:26 apart.
Comeau, who has scored all three of his goals in the past seven games, knocked Jets defenseman Adam Pardy off the puck at center ice, gained possession and beat Hutchinson on a breakaway at 6:35.
Landeskog made it 2-0 at 11:01 after Francois Beauchemin dumped the puck off the end boards. The puck caromed toward the side of the net off Duchene into the slot, and Landeskog drilled it behind Hutchinson.
Landeskog has two goals and four assists in a five-game scoring streak since returning from a two-game suspension for a hit on Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins on Nov. 12.
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