The Avalanche on Thursday night played as if that object on the Colorado skaters’ sticks was a lump of coal, not a puck.
In the wake of Colorado’s ugly 6-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Pepsi Center, here’s the updated tale of woe.
As Christmas approaches, the Avalanche has:
— An eight-game home winless streak.
— A five-game overall losing streak.
— And a partridge in a pear tree.
The Maple Leafs got started with a goal at 7:13 of the first period from wunderkind Auston Matthews, the Phoenix-area product who was the No.