Linus Ullmark ‘deserved better,’ and other takeaways from Bruins-Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog, front, looks on as his shot lands in the net to tie the score at 3 past Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark in third period. AP The second point got away from the Boston Bruins.

They had the Colorado Avalanche right where they wanted them, holding a 3-1 lead over the Avs after 40 minutes of play. They had their skating legs going for the first 40 minutes despite allowing the first goal for the fifth straight game on Kurtis MacDermid’s first of the season 11:25 into Wednesday’s contest.

The Avalanche seemed rattled by Taylor Hall’s hit on Nathan MacKinnon a mere 2:22 in. A bloodied MacKinnon exited with an upper-body injury, with the officials…