Just 3-3 in their last six, the Avalanche managed to defeat Anaheim 3-0 on Wednesday to jump back into a Western Conference wild-card spot ahead of Minnesota. Also good news for the Avs about the current standings is that they have 32 ROWs and right now would win the tiebreaker, if it comes to that.
Tonight’s game marks the start of a four-game Colorado road trip through Western Canada. The good news about the trip is that it presents four opponents with no hope to make the playoffs.
Despite being outshot 37-26 and outmanoeuvred in the faceoff circle 57-32 per cent, the Avs got a shutout performance from Semyon Varlamov, who’s now 24-17-3 on the season (.