While the NHL certainly saw its fair share of ups and downs in the first two days of games, the Avalanche were one of the fortunate teams that didn’t find themselves in a tailspin on their opening night.
The team soundly defeated their long-time divisional rivals, the Minnesota Wild, in a pleasantly surprising 4-1 victory that laughed in the face of their earlier preseason struggles against the same opponents.
Now, though, they’ll have their next big test on Saturday evening, hosting the Philadelphia Flyers at The Can — and it’s not going to be an easy game.