Preview: Avalanche look to rebound against surprising Canucks

Photo by Derek Cain/Getty ImagesJust as it looked like the Colorado Avalanche had righted the ship after a disastrous stretch of games, they flat out blew a winnable contest in Nashville, giving up two goals in sixteen seconds in the waning seconds of the game, and now they find themselves scrambling again to find some level of consistency. Tonight’s matchup should be an intriguing one, as the Vancouver Canucks have surprised practically everyone while being one of the top teams in the NHL to date, and this will no doubt be a measuring-stick game for both teams.

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The Avs didn’t play that poorly against Nashville, they just had stretches where they stopped playing their game…