The Arizona Coyotes weren’t the favorites going into tonight’s game. The Colorado Avalanche are an excellent team that has dominated the Desert Dogs in the past.
The last time these two teams met, the Avalanche were without some key players, and the Coyotes got three points in two games.
But the Avalanche are mostly back to full strength, and they have been dominant. If the Coyotes were going to have any chance tonight, they needed to play perfectly.
And for a while, it looked like they were going to pull it off.