Coming off the bye week, the Colorado Avalanche were upbeat coming into tonight’s matchup against the Anaheim Ducks. Fresh off their win against the New York Islanders in their last appearance, the Avalanche felt like things could start going their way to start off the second half of the season.
Reality failed to live up to those expectations, however, as the Avs fell 4-1 to the Ducks in a game the Ducks led throughout. The lone bright spot for the Avalanche was Nathan MacKinnon, who was named an All-Star for the first time in his career during the bye week, and his linemates, Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog.