Another back-to-back, this time of the home-and-home variety with the Arizona Coyotes. This was where the Colorado Avalanche needed to turn the page from a tough loss in Nashville and take care of business. The end result was just that in a 4-3 shootout win but the Avalanche again played with fire and nearly got burned as a result.
The Game
A fast start is what the Avalanche have been needing and executed exactly that to begin this contest. Mikko Rantanen found a loose puck with time in the slot and didn’t miss at 4:36.