The Colorado Avalanche steamrolled the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday night, picking up a decisive 6-1 win over their conference rivals thanks to multi-goal games from both Nazem Kadri and Matt Calvert.
Cale Makar scored his first career NHL goal and the team combined to outshoot the Golden Knights 40-26 — but now, coming off of a road game that saw them give their all, the Avalanche will look to get another two points against a much tougher goaltending opponent and on the back end of a back-to-back trip.
The Anaheim Ducks are still a team that very badly needs to overhaul an aging roster, and trading for defender Erik Gudbrandson to fill in for injuries on their blue line probably isn’t a step towards doing that.