The hits just keep coming for the Colorado Avalanche as they learned Mikko Rantanen was out for this game after leaving morning skate early with a minor lower body injury. The Avalanche inserted the only extra player they brought on the trip in Jacob MacDonald at forward and yet the team finally looked like a cohesive unit throughout the game. The St. Louis Blues made the game interesting at points but the Avalanche largely dominated and pulled out a much needed 4-3 victory and served up St. Louis their first loss of the season.
The Game
Unfortunately the game started with rerun of the Blues game from a couple weeks ago as Nazem Kadri was reluctantly goaded into a fight for his playoffs hit on Justin Faulk.