DENVER — It would have been forgivable if the Anaheim Ducks' postgame scene after their first regulation loss in 15 games Wednesday night had gone something like this: "Hey boys, it was a real nice run. Can't win 'em all, and a night like this was bound to happen sooner or later. So let's just have a cold one and toast to the streak and get back at 'er tomorrow."
But that was nothing like how it actually went in the visitors' dressing room at the Pepsi Center, where the Colorado Avalanche had just shut out the Ducks 3-0.