To begin the last road trip of the regular season the Colorado Avalanche visited the Columbus Blue Jackets in a rematch of their runaway victory a couple weeks prior. In this contest quite the opposite unfolded as Columbus crafted a 4-1 win as they pushed Colorado away from the net.
The Game
Those hoping for fireworks in the first period were disappointed as the game remained scoreless after 20 minutes of play. Each team earned an overlapping power play with some 4-on-4 time but came up empty. The Avalanche nearly doubled Columbus in shots 12-7 but some better scoring chances were needed if the visitors were going to break the game open.