Tendencies played out Saturday at the Pepsi Center, where the St. Louis Blues extended their winning streak to nine games and the Avalanche lost their sixth consecutive contest at home.
So much for Colorado’s building-block victory at division-leading Winnipeg on Thursday.
The surging Blues scored twice early in the third period to blow open what was a scoreless tie between the Central Division rivals. Vladimir Tarasenko struck at 4:01, and Zach Sanford doubled the lead 57 seconds later as St. Louis went on to win 3-0 and improve to 3-0 against the Avs this season.