Seriously, Colton Sissons. What did we ever do to you?
The Avalanche landed on the wrong end of a Sissons hat trick and a kidney punch at the hands of the Central Division-leading Nashville Predators — again — late Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center in a 4-1 defeat.
Sissons’ triple— his sixth, seventh and eighth goals scored in just 10 career games against the Avalanche — spoiled a power-play goal by Matt Calvert and the Avs’ first tilt on home ice in nearly two weeks.
The Avs (7-5-3, 17 points) dropped their fourth contest in a row and slipped seven points behind Nashville (12-3-0, 24 points), winner of four straight.