DENVER - Patrick Roy returned to the Colorado Avalanche to restore the glory years he helped forge, and hes enjoying the ride with a young team playing at a high level. Steven Jackson Black Jersey . Nick Holden scored two goals, Ryan OReilly had a goal and an assist and the Avalanche rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 on Sunday night. Semyon Varlamov stopped 31 shots and Erik Johnson and Tyson Barrie also scored for the Avalanche, who have won two straight. Roy helped lead Colorado to two Stanley Cup titles in 1996 and 2001 as the goaltender with a dynamic offence in front of him. Now as the coach, hes bringing back memories of that era. "You ask me what reminds me of the Avalanche of the past, thats the type of hockey we were playing," he said. "And thats the way were playing right now." Those championship teams also featured goal-scoring defencemen, something lacking from last years squad. Colorados blue-liners had just five goals in 48 games a year ago. The Avalanche got four goals from its defence Sunday, including Johnsons first in his return from a two-game suspension for a slash on New York Islanders centre Frans Nielsen three weeks ago. "Its tough sitting out, and to be able to come back and contribute and help the team win is fun," he said. Johnson scored the go-ahead goal at 16:05 of the third when he pinched in to steal the puck and then sent a low shot past 6-foot-7 goalie Ben Bishop from along the boards. "I know (Bishop) from St. Louis, and I shot at him a lot," Johnson said. "Hes obviously a big guy and he doesnt give you a lot of room. Sometimes, big guys like that, you throw it at their feet and they dont see it." Nate Thompson had two goals, Tom Pyatt also scored and Bishop finished with 29 saves for the Lightning, who had four penalties in the last 21:28 of the game. "The penalties killed us," centre Alex Killorn said. "Six minutes where we didnt play in their zone." Holden tied it with a power-play goal at 5:12 of the third. It was Colorados sixth power-play goal in the past three games. Holden notched his second two-goal game when he scored into an empty net with 53 seconds remaining. Paul Stastny added another with 6.3 seconds left. "This is a tough one," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. "Tied game with under five minutes to go. I thought we were getting points from this one. We let them slip out of our hands." Thompson has eight goals, and four of them have come in a pair of two-goal games. He got his first one Sunday when he beat Varlamov on the short side 6:40 into the second period to tie it at 2. Later in the period, he sent a wrister at Varlamov that settled in the crease, and then he skated through to knock it in at 17:37. The Lightning missed an opportunity to move into second place in the Atlantic Division and third in the Eastern Conference after Colorados late-game eruption. "I think were going through a little bit of a rough patch," Thompson said. "A couple breakdowns there at the end and they end up in the back of the net, unfortunately." Colorado stayed within three points of St. Louis in the Central Division with the win. The Blues beat Phoenix on Sunday. The game was scoreless for most of the first period despite plenty of chances. Lightning centre Vladislav Namestnikov had two of them and Colorado centre Matt Duchene was stopped on a breakaway. Tampa Bay finally cashed in when Pyatt scored at 16:49 of the first. Barrie tied it 30 seconds later with a shot between Bishops legs, and OReilly gave Colorado a 2-1 lead with his 23rd of the season 1:42 later. NOTES: Duchene and Nathan MacKinnon finished with two assists. ... Tampa Bay C Valtteri Filppula missed his fourth straight game with a non-displaced fracture in his right ankle. ... MacKinnon extended his points streak to 11 games. 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Clark Bishop scored two goals for the Screaming Eagles (6-6-2), who are winless in three games, and Timothe Simard had the other. Val-dOrs Francois Tremblay made 21 saves for the win as Cape Bretons Alex Bureau turned away 26 shots in defeat. The Foreurs went 1 for 3 on the power play while the Screaming Eagles scored once on four chances with the man advantage. --- TITAN 5 REMPARTS 4 (OT) QUEBEC CITY -- Alex Pisarik scored the shootout winner as Acadie-Bathurst held on to defeat the Remparts. Raphael Lafontaine, Christophe Boivin, Joel Blanchard and Adam Chapman put the Titan (6-7-2) ahead 4-0 before Quebec City battled back to force overtime. Brent Turnbull scored twice for the Remparts (6-5-4), who had their five-game win streak snapped, while Anthony Duclair and Jason Houde had a goal apiece. Acadie-Bathursts Jacob Brennan only had to make two saves to record the victory after replacing starter Mason McDonald, who stopped 23-of-27 shots. Quebecs Francois Brassard made 36 saves in defeat. --- SAGUENEENS 2 SEA DOGS 1 SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- Jeremy Bouchard scored the eventual winner at 14:15 of the second period as Chicoutimi edged the Sea Dogs. Laurent Dauphin also scored for the Sagueneens (8-8-0), who won for the first time in three outings. Spencer Smallman scored the lone goal for Saint John (5-8-1), which is winless in five contests. Julio Billia made 33 saves for Chicoutimi while Sebastien Auger turned away 31 shots in net for the Sea Dogs. --- WILDCATS 3 HUSKIES 2 MONCTON, N.B. -- Alex Dubeau stopped 36 shots as the Wildcats slipped past Rouyn-Noranda. Will Smith scored the eventual winner shorthanded for Moncton (7-9-0) and Conor Garland and Christophe Lalonde had the others. Mathieu Lemay and Jean-Sebastien Dea supplied the scoring for the Huskies (7-5-2). Matt Ryan Jersey. Rouyn-Norandas Carl Hozjan made 18 saves in a losing cause. --- ARMADA 2 OCEANIC 1 BOISBRIAND, Que. -- The Armada took advantage of special teams, scoring twice on the power play, to defeat Rimouski. Antoine Dufort-Plante and Nikita Jevpalovs scored for Blainville-Boisbriand (11-1-1), which went 2 for 4 with the man advantage. Nicolas Hebert scored for Rimouski (8-5-2), which led after 20 minutes of play. Etienne Marcoux made 28 saves for the Armada while Philippe Desrosiers stopped 27 shots for the Oceanic. --- OLYMPIQUES 5 VOLTIGEURS 4 (SO) GATINEAU, Que. -- Vincent Dunn scored once in regulation, then added the shootout winner, as the Olympiques beat Drummondville. Martin Reway, Jonathan Bourcier and Mickael Beauregard also scored for Gatineau (10-5-0) while Emile Poirier had two assists. Jerome Verrier led the Voltigeurs (7-6-1) with two goals and Christophe Lalancette scored once and set up two more, including Matthew Boudens goal. Robert Steeves made 24 saves for the Olympiques. Joe Fleschler stopped 19 shots for Drummondville. --- DRAKKAR 5 CATARACTES 1 SHAWINIGAN, Que. -- Alexandre Ranger and Denis Gorbunov each scored twice as Baie-Comeau cruised past the Cataractes. Felix Girard also scored for the Drakkar (10-4-2) while Valentin Zykov tacked on three assists. Shawingan (1-10-2) got its lone goal from Dylan Labbe. Philippe Cadorette made 25 saves for Baie-Comeau as Cataractes netminder Marvin Cupper allowed five goals on 32 shots in defeat. --- PHOENIX 8 TIGRES 6 VICTORIAVILLE, Que. -- Daniele Audette had two goals and three assists and Dominic Talbot-Tassi scored twice and had four points as Sherbrooke toppled the Tigres. Alexandre Sills, Tim Wieser, Jean-Francois Plante and Jeremy Roy also scored for the Phoenix (4-9-2) and Carl Neill chipped in with two assists. Philippe Hudon scored twice for Victoriaville (8-5-1), Angelo Micelli had a goal and two assists, while Nick Marois, Alex Filatrault and Ross Johnston added the others. 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