The Colorado Avalanche hoping to find some late-season consistency travelled to visit the New Jersey Devils and instead suffered one of their most embarrassing losses of the season as they blew a three-goal lead in an eventual 5-3 defeat.
The Game
For a change of pace it was the power play which aided the Avalanche in the first period. They cashed in twice on the man advantage to grab an early lead on the Devils despite a little lack of energy. First at 9:04 Nathan MacKinnon batted a loose puck out of the air and it skipped past New Jersey goaltender Nico Daws. Then to close the period out at 14:27 Mikko Rantanen finally hit his patented onetimer from the right circle to extend the lead to…
