DENVER -- Semyon Varlamov put recent struggles behind him, and the Colorado Avalanches sputtering offense did the same -- at least for one night.Varlamov had 32 saves, Patrick Wiercioch and Rene Bourque scored 22 seconds apart and the Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Tuesday night.Gabriel Landeskog and Blake Comeau also scored for Colorado, and Wiercioch added an assist for an offense that scored more than three goals for the first time in 12 games.Weve been waiting for this (for) pretty long, Varlamov said of the four goals. Its always nice to see them.Varlamov had been a victim of Colorados lack of offense when he went through a personal five-game losing streak. He struggled, too, posting a 3.07 goals-against average during that stretch, though he bounced back in a losing effort against Boston on Sunday.He followed that 44-save performance with another strong one against the Kings.The team played well in front of me, he said. When the guys score lots of goals it gives you more confidence.Dustin Brown scored for Los Angeles and Peter Budaj stopped 26 shots. It was the Kings fourth straight loss after opening their five-game trip with a win in Toronto.We hit some posts, but we didnt bear down on the chances we had, Drew Doughty said. We have to make our chances count.The Avalanche had not scored a regulation goal for more than five periods before getting two quick ones at the start of the second.Wiercioch broke through when he stuffed the puck between Budajs skate and the post at 1:10 for his second goal of the season.I was skating behind the net and saw him cheating off the post, so I tried it, Wiercioch said. It doesnt work a lot in practice. Maybe he was reading pass because we had a guy coming down in the slot. I was able to get my stick around and jam it off his pad.Bourque then put his stick on Mikko Rantanens shot from the blue line and redirected it past Budaj at 1:32. It was his fifth of the season and third in three games.The Kings had several chances to get back into it before Brown scored. With Tyson Barrie off for hooking, Nic Dowd backhanded the puck to the front of the net and Brown knocked it in to make it 2-1 with 31 seconds left in the period. It was his third of the season and just the second power-play goal in the last 33 chances for the Kings.The Avalanche made it a two-goal game at 11:32 of the third when Comeau beat Budaj with a shot from between the circles. The Kings challenged play, claiming Jarome Iginla interfered with Budaj, but the goal was upheld upon review.We challenged it because the goalies in the blue paint and he gets bumped a little, Kings coach Darryl Sutter said.Landeskog scored an empty-net goal at 18:23 to make it 4-1.Game notes Avalanche C Nathan MacKinnon had a career-high 10 shots on goal. ... Kings C Anze Kopitar missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury but is expected to skate Wednesday when the team returns to L.A. ... Avalanche C Matt Duchene will make the three-game road trip with the hope of playing as early as Thursday. He was on the ice for Tuesdays morning skate and could be a full participant at Wednesdays practice. He has also missed two straight games.UP NEXT:Kings: Host Edmonton on Thursday to start a stretch of four of the next five at Staples Center.Avalanche: Begin their three-game road trip in Dallas on Thursday night. Discount Balenciaga Shoes . The 29-year-old from Port Colborne, Ont., has nothing but good things to say about former U.S. marine Liz (Girlrilla) Carmouche ahead of their co-main event Wednesday on the UFCs "Fight for the Troops" televised card in Fort Campbell, Ky. Cheap Balenciaga Free Shipping . 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And Walt Patulski -- a new alter ego for Rex Ryan -- was in search of answers on Wednesday.During a teleconference with Edelman and Buffalo reporters, Ryan hopped on the line and introduced himself as a reporter named Walt Patulski, who in reality was the Bills No. 1 pick in the 1972 draft.Are you playing quarterback this week? Ryan asked Edelman.Well, Im going to do whatever the coach asks me to do, Edelman said. If they ask me to go out and give a glass of water to some of them on the sideline, Im going to do that with a smile on my face if it helps our team win. You could ask coach that one.All right, Julian, I will buddy, said a giggling Ryan.All right, Walt, the Patriots receiver replied, with a tone suggesting that he might have figured out he was being trolled.Ryan said in a radio interview earlier this week that he had an inkling of who New England would start at quarterback.Following his sleuthing on Wednesday, he stuck to that claim.I still do. Yep, I sure do, said Ryan, who enters Sunday with just a 4-11 coaching record against the Patriots.Back in New England, both Garoppolo and Brissett practiced for the second straight day.Garoppolo said before the workout that this is the first time hes dealt with an AC joint sprain in his shoulder, but added that he isnt concerned with the prospect of potentially having to play through an injury.Its just football, he said. I think everybody in this locker room is doing that.Brissett said when he injured his thumb last week against Houston it didnt affect his grip on the ball.dddddddddddd But he also couldnt recall a time when hes had to deal with a similar ailment.He said the main thing hes tried to do is not focus on it.Just something I deal with, Brissett said. Whatever happens just happens and whatever coach wants me to do, Ill do.Still, theres also no ignoring the future Hall of Famer that will soon be back in New England.And Garoppolo acknowledged that there may be some increased urgency knowing this could be his final opportunity to start with Brady coming back next week.You always want to be out there, he said. Its part of football, part of being a competitor. You want to be there guy out there and be the one running the show.The uncertainty would seem to make things that much harder for the Bills, who could potentially see three different offensive looks depending on who plays.Garoppolo is more of a traditional drop back passer, Brissett brings and increased run threat, and Edelman was an option quarterback in college.Edelman has spent his entire pro career at receiver, but did throw a 51-yard pass to Danny Amendola in a 2014 playoff win over Baltimore.Ryan insisted that even with variables to account for, he isnt worried about over preparing for one guy or coming in with the wrong game plan.Youre gonna prepare, but youre not going to spend your whole practice time on a `what if? Ryan said. But each week you gotta be prepared for that.---AP Sports Writer John Wawrow in Buffalo contributed to his report.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Kyle Hightower on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/khightower ' ' '