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How the Avalanche can put the joystick down and get its mojo -- and defense -- on track

Andy Cross / The Denver Post)

DENVER — Calgary? Effort. Simple. Coachable. Fixable.

Vancouver? Witchcraft. Or juju.

Or ... something.

"It was tough. It was just one of those games," Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie said before he and his mates took on Nashville late Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center, their first home tussle in nearly two weeks.

"However, it's just kind of — it was just back and forth. I thought we played well there. (Of) the things we looked at, gave up a couple of breakaways and we kind of gave them a lot of the stuff that they got.