In Denver, the losing continues for the Colorado Avalanche.
If the fist line doesn’t score then the Avs are in trouble.
The first did not score Saturday night and the Avs lost, 5-1, to the visiting Vancouver Canucks.
Matt Calvert was the lone striker for the Avs as they dropped their 13th of their 16 games.
Jacob Markstrom made 34 saves to backstop the Canucks to the win.
“You want to be in the mix and we’re right in it right now,” Markstrom said. “They’re seven, eight teams for two spots, three spots. It’s tight. You need to win games, especially against a team that’s in that race as well. Points are important.”
To add salt to the loss, the Canucks moved into the second wild card spot in the west, past the Avs.
“We’ve got to find a way to get it going, because it’s going to be too late, too soon,” Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson said. “We certainly believe that we have the right tools in here.”
Five different skaters scored for the Canucks including Jake Virtanen, Antoine Roussel, Brock Boeser, Tyler Motte, and Nikolay Goldobin.
“Really good effort,” Canucks coach Travis Green. “Start to finish our guys were ready to play tonight, especially on the road against an offensive team with some offensive guys that can sting you. Getting the lead is definitely nice.”
The Avs dropped to 22-21-8.
“We can’t keep playing from behind,” Johnson said. “It’s too tough to play catch-up hockey in the NHL and expect to win on a consistent basis. That’s too tough. You can’t dig yourself a (hole) and expect to win hardly ever.”
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Semyon Varlamov made 21 saves
“We’ve tried every line combination on the planet in the last two months,” Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar said. “We’re not getting results, so I didn’t like them.”
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