A two-minute lull and mostly struggling power play were too much for the Avalanche to overcome as it saw its four-game winning streak end Wednesday night with a 3-1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks.
The Avalanche, which entered 15-1-1 against the Pacific Division, outshot the Canucks 33-27, but were 1 of 5 with the man advantage and unable to score the tying marker after cutting the deficit in half with 13:45 remaining.
“The margin for error is going to get smaller and smaller playing desperate teams,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said. “Vancouver played well. They knocked a lot of passes down.