If you weren’t yet aware, the Avalanche have lost a boat-load of games over the past month? How many, you ask? Well 11-of-14 to be exact, which last time I checked won’t get you into the playoffs. Fortunately for this tumbling wreck of team, their last win was against the Toronto Maple Leafs (12-12-7) on December 11th and that’s who they will attempt to play hockey against tonight.
Even though it was technically a victory, the Colorado Avalanche went about it in, quite possibly, the most difficult way imaginable, allowing 52 (yes, five-two) shots on goal. Semyon Varlamov, however, interested in raising his bottom-tier save percentage, stopped 51 of those opportunities and gave his team an excellent chance to win.