The Avalanche’s 5-5-0 record on the road is decent.
The Avalanche’s 4-5-1 record at home is not.
The similarly struggling Vancouver Canucks, who also had played the night before at Dallas, took a 3-2 shootout win over Colorado on Saturday night at the Pepsi Center. In the shootout, Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen and Matt Duchene all failed to score for the Avalanche on Canucks backup goalie Jacob Markstrom, while Markus Granlund’s score on Colorado goalie Calvin Pickard on the Canucks’ first shot stood up for the win.
The one-point loss in the Avalanche’s first shootout of the season left Colorado 0-1-1 to open up a five-game homestand.