Aaron Palushaj News: Palushaj scored his first goal of the year -- and second of his career -- Thursday in a shootout win over Minnesota.

Palushaj scored his first goal of the year -- and second of his career -- Thursday in a shootout win over Minnesota.

He opened the night's scoring with his second-period tally. After washing out of the Montreal organization, he's got a chance to start new with Colorado, as the Avs seem prepared to give him a decent trial run thanks to their injury problems up front.