Why can’t the Colorado Avalanche win on the road?

Following Saturday’s road loss to Nashville, the Avalanche fell to a 3-7-0 record on the road. If the team were bad all the time this wouldn’t be a concern (Arizona’s road-trip game plan is the least of their worries), but given that Colorado is 6-1-1 at home, the bar has been set reasonably high.

Home ice advantage is certainly a reality (line matching is a significant benefit) but only the Rangers have worse gap between home wins and road wins than the Avs, so it’s the team’s job to figure out how everyone else is managing to squeeze out points on the road.

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Let’s start with goal production:

At home: 4.6 goals per game (on average). That would put them 1st in the league if they could pack…