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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- In a matchup of tired teams, Matt Duchene and the rest of the Colorado Avalanche found enough energy for a victory.Matt Duchene scored twice and the Avalanche held on to beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 on Saturday night.He was good tonight, Colorado coach Jared Bednar said, hard on pucks, strong on pucks, kept his feet moving down low and then made some plays.The Coyotes were coming off a 1-5 road trip and the Avalanche had played Friday night, losing 1-0 at home to Winnipeg.We didnt want to sink below .500, Duchene said. I think we felt robbed a little bit last night, frustrated, not scoring, but tonight (we were able) to find goals when we needed them.Rene Bourque also scored for the Avalanche, who got 23 saves from backup goalie Calvin Pickard.The Coyotes took the lead on Radim Vrbatas goal barely five minutes into the first period but the Avalanche scored the next three before Tobias Rieder made it a one-goal game with 4:04 to play.It never had that feeling that we were going to lose it, Duchene said. We all felt confident in what we were doing out there. ... Those last four minutes were tense but we definitely did the job.Louis Domingue had 31 saves for the Coyotes.Its one of those games youre just pushing and prodding, Arizona coach Dave Tippett said. You can see theres not a lot of energy in your group but youve still got to try to find a way to win.Pickard, in his second start of the season, was in goal because regular starter Semyon Varlamov played Friday night.Duchenes wraparound goal from in front of the net tied it at 1-1 at 5:51 of the second period.The Avalanche scored twice in the third period. Borques power play goal put Colorado ahead 1:42 into the final period and Duchene added his second goal of the night, and fifth of the season, halfway through the period to make it 3-1.Arizona scored on a slick play in an otherwise sloppy first period. Moving down the ice, toward the Colorado net, Martin Hanzal gave a backhanded pass to Max Domi. Domi relayed the puck quickly to Vrbata, whose right wrister past Pickard made it 1-0.In the second period, Colorados Mikhail Grigorenko had the puck behind the net and got it to Duchene who, with his back to the Arizona goalie, reached around and knocked the puck into the right side of the net to tie it.Colorado took the lead 1:42 into the final period when Nathan McKinnon slammed the puck hard off the boards behind the net. The deflection came right to Borque, who knocked it in.Duchene scored on a breakaway with 8:36 left to make it 3-1. Oliver Ekman-Larsson took the puck on a neutral zone faceoff and sent a long pass to Rieder, who broke free for the 1-on-1 goal to slice it to 3-2. Arizona emptied the net but couldnt tie it in a frantic final few minutes.Duchenes uncle Newell Brown is a Coyote assistant coach.Its always fun to play against him, Duchene said, and obviously we chat a lot and hes been a great mentor for me, so it is always good to catch up with him.Game notes Hanzals shot that would have tied the game 2-2 bounced off the crossbar in the third period. ... The Coyotes were without D Michael Stone with an upper body injury. ... Colorado D Fedor Tyutin missed his third straight game with a groin injury. ... The last seven Arizona goals have been scored by seven different players.UP NEXTAvalanche: Host Nashville on Tuesday night.Coyotes: Host San Jose on Tuesday night. Cheap Buffalo Sabres Jerseys .Y. -- Injured Buffalo Sabres forward Marcus Foligno did not practice with the team Monday and head coach Ron Rolston said its unlikely hell play in Wednesdays season opener in Detroit. Cheap Sabres Jerseys Authentic . 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The opening of the Gulfstream Park West meet, scheduled for Wednesday, was pushed back to Saturday with Hurricane Matthew forecast to hit the area Thursday and into Friday. The 40-day session is scheduled to run through Nov. 27.Training has been canceled at Gulfstream Park West in Miami and Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. No mandatory evacuation of horses has been ordered at either track, although trainers stabled in the lower-lying areas of Gulfstream Park -- which is more prone to flooding -- were given the option of moving their horses to Palm Meadows.Trainer Mark Casse shipped all 28 horses he had stabled at Gulfstream Park to Ocala, Fla., on Wednesday due to concerns about flooding.Gulfstream Park remained open for simulcasting Wednesday, but was to close Thursday and Friday and reopen Saturday.The safety of our fans, horses, jockeys, horsemen, and employees is our top priority, said P.J. Campo, vice president of racing for The Stronach Group and general manager of Gulfstream Park, which leases the Gulfstream Park West facility from Churchill Downs. Because weather conditions the next few days remain uncertain, we tthought it was best to call off the next few days and kick off the Gulfstream Park West meet over the weekend.ddddddddddddEntries for both Saturday and Sundays programs at Gulfstream Park West were drawn Wednesday, with 10 races each day. Only two races were carded on the grass for Saturday, including the five-furlong allowance feature. Sundays main event mirrored the conditions of the statebred allowance feature from Thursdays canceled program.Gulfstream Park West, formerly Calder Race Course, has had to deal with several other hurricanes. The track sustained damage to the grandstand and barn area during Hurricane Wilma in the fall of 2005. Several months earlier, management was forced to postpone the Summit of Speed program one day due to the effects of Hurricane Dennis. Racing was also canceled at Calder for two days when Hurricane Frances passed through in 2004. In 1992, Hurricane Andrew destroyed areas of South Florida, but the track escaped serious damage.-- additional reporting by David Grening ' ' '