Recap: Avs grind out second straight win vs. feisty Canucks team

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty ImagesWith NBA Champ and two-time league MVP Nikola Jokic in the building, the Colorado Avalanche looked to finish their brief two-game homestand with another win as they faced the league-leading Vancouver Canucks. Despite the Canucks having played on Monday in a crazy 10-7 affair against the Minnesota Wild they gave the Avalanche a hard fight as both teams battled for the much-needed two points.

Recap

The Avalanche came out with all the intensity you could want from them after their hard-fought win against the Arizona Coyotes two days ago. All four lines spent significant portions of the first half of the initial frame in the Vancouver zone but none…