Avalanche 2, Rangers 1. Click here to read my early story from lohud.com. Thoughts: 1) Once again, I want to thank Commissioner Bettman for the opportunity to see two games against every non-conference team. Wow. More please. 2) Seriously, the argument that exists – “I want to see all the league’s stars” – is so ridiculous. If you put two free tickets to a Rangers-Islanders game on a table, and two free tickets to a Rangers-Avalanche game on the same table and asked 100 Rangers fans which tickets they’d want, I’d bet 98 would take the Islanders game.
Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc.