MONTREAL — The Colorado Avalanche ran out of gas Saturday night, about 11 minutes from what would have been a fantastic road trip through eastern Canada.
The new guys salvaged it, anyway.
Brock Nelson and Charlie Coyle scored in the shootout to help the Avs shake a late collapse and claim a 5-4 win Saturday night at Bell Centre. In the end, the Avs were a couple of fluky goals from a three-game sweep on the trip. This one wasn’t pretty by the end, but it was two points and keeps Colorado on a 10-1-1 run in its past 12 contests.