Stastny Scores 100 Points In 99 NHL Games

DENVER (AP) - A good friendship off the ice has turned into great chemistry on it.

DU Alumnus Paul Stastny and Wojtek Wolski were in perfect step in the Colorado Avalanche's 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night.

Stastny scored twice and assisted on Wolski's empty-net goal with a second left.

"I think we've built a pretty good relationship," said Wolski, who also assisted on one of Stastny's goals. "We're just both working hard."

Stastny's two goals in the second period, along with his assist, gave him 100 points in 99 career games. He's just the sixth player in franchise history to reach 100 points in 100 or fewer contests.

Stastny's father, Peter, needed 73 games to reach 100 points. His uncles, Marian and Anton Stastny, took 82 and 95 games, respectively, to reach the mark.

Ryan Smyth can't believe the patience Stastny displays on the ice. On his second goal of the game, he waited for the traffic to clear in front of the net and then fired a wrist shot past Minnesota goal Niklas Backstrom.

"He makes plays," said Smyth, who had a goal and an assist. "The puck doesn't die with him. Collectively, we're playing well together."

Not that he wanted to talk about it or the fact he already had reached 100 points for his career.

"I'll look back maybe down the road," Stastny said. "I'm just excited right now that the team won and we're playing well. I feel good out there."