Starting off what is often a difficult road swing to end the year, the Montreal Canadiens made the first stop on their tour of the Mountain States in Denver, Colorado.
The Colorado Avalanche started off at the peak of the NHL, winning the Stanley Cup in their first season after inheriting what was a good squad from Quebec and adding future Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy to the mix.
In recent years they were far from reaching those lofty heights, and the re-addition of Roy, this time behind the bench, didn’t work to turn things around.