The Nashville Predators are the real deal.
The good news is that the Avalanche ruined a shutout for Pekka Rinne, scoring two last- minute goals to prevent a total thrashing at the hands of their divisional opponents.
The bad news, though, was that the club fell to a 5-0 deficit before those final tallies - meaning that while there was plenty of shot generation from Colorado in spurts throughout the game, there’s still some work to be done. [Mile High Hockey]
While the Avalanche had a rough night, though, no one had quite the rough night that the Montreal Canadiens did:
On the flip side, the Arizona Coyotes just won their first consecutive contests of the year.