ST. PAUL, Minn. — Road weariness may have struck at the worst possible time for the Avalanche on Saturday night.
Playing their second game in their second arena in a second time zone in less than 24 hours, the Avs saw any early lead slip away in a 3-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild.
The Avs had arrived in Minnesota about 3 a.m. local time Saturday but didn’t look rusty from the journey in the opening two periods. They took an early lead on a Mark Barberio goal but saw the advantage slip away as Mikael Granlund scored the tying goal in the second period and set up Eric Staal’s power-play winner in the third.