Less than 24 hours after coaching through a highly frustrating Game 3 loss to the Arizona Coyotes, game video supported what Avalanche coach Jared Bednar originally thought about his team’s first loss in the first-round series.
Two defensive-zone turnovers were too much to overcome — despite a 51-shot assault on Arizona goalie Darcy Kuemper.
“I feel the exact same way about it as I did after watching it live,” Bednar said Sunday on a Zoom call from the team hotel in Edmonton. “Obviously, we made some mental errors — we were probably too light on pucks that ended coming back on us.