The Colorado Avalanche have finally started to pick things up again, after closing out October with a slew of losses that seemed to be snowballing their season early on.
They kicked off their turnaround when they picked up a 4-1 win over the hapless Edmonton Oilers last week, then went on to pick up a 6-3 win over the Boston Bruins before squeaking out a point in overtime against the defending Stanley Cup champs.
Then, on Sunday night, they picked up yet another win — this time doing so on the road in sunny Southern California.
Facing off against veteran Ryan Miller, the Avalanche fell behind in the first period, but then used the atrocious defensive collapses that Anaheim has been putting on to exert almost nonstop pressure on Miller and keep the game within a goal in the second period.