With an opportunity to even its record and move to 2-1 on a four-game homestand, the Avalanche on Sunday failed to trade chances with the Boston Bruins. Colorado entered the early evening contest having been outshot in just five of 13 games, but the visitors felt right at home at the Pepsi Center.
In winning 2-0 to pin the Avs with their third loss in the last four games, the Bruins held a commanding shots-on-goal advantage of 45-21. Each team had two power plays, both failing to capitalize in a game decided by 5-on-5 hockey.
“A lot of that came from us turning the puck over by not breaking out clean from our zone, and not getting it deep from the neutral zone; they came back in waves and took a lot of shots on net,” Avs defenseman Francois Beauchemin said of the shots differential.