There wasn’t much time for the Colorado Avalanche to enjoy their Saturday night victory over the Minnesota Wild because they needed to prepare for a rematch less than 24 hours later. Their exploding injury list is also becoming an even greater factor in this season as Erik Johnson was the latest mainstay to miss a game and then Nathan MacKinnon mysteriously disappeared before the third period in this eventual 4-3 overtime loss.
The Game
Two depleted lineups facing each other is what the first period looked like with the Avalanche cashing in first.