The Colorado Avalanche lost to the lowly LA Kings 3-1. Kings forward Tyler Tofolli scored the first ever Stadium Series hat trick.
That was the least frustrating and least disappointing part of the game. Oh, it was both disappointing and frustrating to see the Avalanche yet again fail on a big stage. And, yet again, fail to be merciless on a lesser opponent. And, yet again, fail to take charge of their own destiny. (Dropped to third in the Central Division when they could have overtaken first.)
I mean, a lot of us aren’t even that surprised it was our own player, Ian Cole, who laid goalie Philipp Grubauer out with a hip check that has injured our starting goalie as we bear down on our playoff run.