Colorado Avalanche stunned by Detroit Red Wings in a shutout reversal—can Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar reignite the offense after back-to-back power play woes?
Chris Micieli and Zach Pearson break down the Avalanche’s 2-0 home defeat, examining Mackenzie Blackwood’s standout goaltending, Devon Toews’ costly return miscue, and Detroit’s suffocating defense that held Colorado to just 21 shots and stifled the top line. The hosts debate the lack of a shooting mentality on the power play, question Dave Hakstol’s future as special teams coach, and assess the impact of key injuries on Colorado’s rush game. Listener reactions highlight concerns over the fading points cushion and the surge of Red Wings fans in Ball Arena.
Can the Avalanche spark a turnaround before the Olympic break, or will ongoing struggles on the man-advantage threaten their playoff aspirations?
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16 Comments
When a game starts going like this one, Manson needs to start targeting their checking line . Drag them into the penalty box, blast them into the boards, make them pay physically for playing that style of game. Hurt them.
Don't look now, but Minnesota and Dallas are creeping up on the Avs. That big lead that the Avs had recently is starting to evaporate. If power rankings are established by how a team is presently performing, as it should be, the Avs don't belong in the top 10.
Yep. The AVS will be done in the first round again!!
Mikko is coming back to eliminate you again. Without Landeskog, this team is lost, and that prove that McKinnon may be an amazing player but he's no leader of men. So don,t ever compare him to Joe Sakic again, a real leader.
Yes avs let’s go back to passing as much as we can to try and find that perfect pass, been working great so great so far in 26. Also how many power plays did we have and how many points did we lose by?
The wings had the flu run through their team 2 days before Colorado came to Detroit. The fans need to warn McKinnon not to try and break the Red wings Captain's arm next time. I think that started the rivalry all over again.
Altitude+ streaming was broken for browsers until the 3rd period. I should have just bagged it and watched a movie, very frustrating game.
And that was the ugly side of the Avs and another home loss in a row – and San Jose won’t be easier. I am getting worried about their recent weakness on home ice, reminds me of previous seasons.
It would seem that the rivalry is still on. Too bad that AVS don't play the Wings more.
It seems the Av’s lead the NHL in Goals against with in the 1st minute of play.
Not just a “blip.” The Avs had a bad January, and are coming back to the Wild and Stars.
The continued abomination of a power play, along with teams figuring out how to to stymie the Avs preferred style of play means it’s likely to be a bar fight to hang on to first place in the division/conference/league. And that’s with top-tier goaltending, which the Lumberyard has provided with just a few games exceptions.
The Avs had FOUR shots in the second period. While trailing, for 99% of the game.
Thats not a “decent game.”
Comparing the 3rd period in Detroit with the 2nd last night isn’t very enlightening. The Avs had a multi-goal lead in Detroit and no reason to press offensively. The opposite of last night.
I’m a die hard Wings fan for a little over 30yrs. I would say to the Avs fan. Don’t worry about this game. You guys have a stacked team. It’s hard to get the president trophy. To maintain that level of consistency is difficult. Your guys just got shut down, happens to the best of us. Seider, in my opinion, completely shut down Nathan. Seider is a monster back there. We were playing without our second best defenseman, Simon Edvinsson. He’s a 6’6 monster we took 6th overall a few years ago. Good luck to Avs, I like seeing you guys successful. Back in the day when I was a teenager during the glory days of the rivalry. I hated you guys. But as you get older, you develop a respect for your rivals. I hope you guys stay healthy and play really well in the playoffs! Good luck fellas!!
Colorado got out played in their zone they poked checked well shut down number 29 and 13 no seider is better then people give him credit redwings defense is solid
Seider put on a masterclass last night. Dude was all over the place.