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DENVER -- Ouch.
Black eyes, bruised knuckles and another crushing defeat.
That one hurt.
Heading into Monday's matinee at the Pepsi Center — and as the Avalanche aimed to put together a winning streak for the first time since Nov. 28 — the Predators seemed like as good of a matchup as any in order to inject some mojo back into Colorado's season.
Nashville had been sliding, dropping two straight and four of its last five, and Colorado had a shot at closing the gap on second place in the Central Division to six points.