This game was filled with emotions. We all could have guessed that with Nazem Kadri making his first trip back to Ball Arena since he signed with the Calgary Flames in the offseason. What a lot of us likely didn’t expect was for the anger to take over this game so rampantly. Fortunately for the Colorado Avalanche, the Flames brought the fire a bit to late in this one and the Avalanche earned the 4-1 win.
Recap
There was a time when the Colorado Avalanche scoring the first goal in the game was about as rare as seeing Kurtis MacDermid lose a fight (both happened in this game), but now it has become a habit for the Avs.