Recap: Avalanche outlast Blues comeback bid, win 4-2

Coming off a brutal third-period collapse against the Anaheim Ducks, the Colorado Avalanche overcame another lapse in third-period play to ride into the All-Star Break on a victory over the St. Louis Blues.

Both teams entered the game limping a bit, with Colorado continuing to miss Gabe Landeskog, Valeri Nichushkin, Bowen Byram, and Josh Manson and St. Louis without Ryan O’Reilly, Robert Thomas, Pavel Buchnevich, Scott Perunovich, and Marco Scandella.

That’s a lot of quality hockey wasting away on the shelf.

Fortunately for Colorado, missing players didn’t slow them down this afternoon - and even better, Nuke, Bo, and Manson are all expected to return with the team from the break.

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