The Avalanche went into tonight’s game in Montreal after two hard-fought defeats in contests where they played great hockey yet earned nothing to show for it. The team’s mounting frustrations are visible as evidenced by Nathan MacKinnon’s outburst last time out. In this third game of a five-game road trip in the Great White North, the Avalanche were determined to get a win against the Habs.
Unfortunately, tonight’s game was not going to be the one to turn around this road skid. Tonight’s loss is the Avalanche’s ninth in the last ten games and the team is 5-11-3 since the beginning of December.