Jared Bednar has often preached focusing on the process, taking a long-term view and expecting the results will follow.
Colorado’s effort against one of the NHL’s best teams, despite missing two key defensemen two days after a rough loss, was a key takeaway Monday night at Ball Arena. Valeri Nichushkin made sure the Avalanche also collected two points with the lone tally in the shootout in a 4-3 win, moments after Cale Makar and Alexandar Georgiev got them through an adverse overtime.
The Avs were 9-3-1 coming into this one, dating back to a huge comeback win here Dec.