Avalanche regains offensive mojo in 9-4 victory against Predators

David Zalubowski, The Associated PressThe Avalanche offense entered Thursday night in a significant scoring drought.

Colorado responded against Nashville with a tidal wave of goals.

The Avs hammered the Predators, 9-4, inside the Pepsi Center with six goals over 8 minutes in the second period alone to snap a five-game losing streak. Colorado forward Joonas Donskoi recorded his first-career hat trick.

“We were on pucks early, good intensity playing the right way, with a real purpose to our game,” coach Jared Bednar said. “The next lines just followed it up. I really liked our first period and I liked our second period. The goaltenders struggled with a couple of the goals early on both sides and…