DENVER — The Detroit Red Wings weren't even able to make a game of it.
Other than a good first handful of minutes Monday, they were thoroughly outperformed by the Colorado Avalanche, who ran up a five-goal lead before the Wings gave their fans at Ball Arena something to cheer. Avs fans cheered loudest and longest, though, as the Wings fell, 6-3, extending their losing streak against the Avalanche to nine straight games.
Ville Husso was replaced by Magnus Hellberg to start the third period, but it wasn't Husso (five goals, 22 shots) who was the problem, it was, again, the Wings' skaters.