GAME STORY: The Avs (26-18-3) started the game with a 9-1 and 30-14 advantage in shots, but Anaheim piled on the pressure in the final stanza. by BennettDurando
The equalizer was scored by Adam Henrique and set up by the fabulous stick-handling of Denver native Troy Terry. Colorado was then caught sleeping when Mason McTavish sniped another shot past Pavel Francouz with 9:54 remaining.
Mikko Rantanen had an opportunity to tie it at the net front shortly after falling behind, but Ducks goalie John Gibson brushed it aside. It would have been Rantanen’s 200th career goal to also cement his third hat trick of the season. Entering Thursday’s game, he had gone two consecutive games without a point for the first time in two months. His two-goal night brought his season total to 34 and season pace to 59.3.
Colorado defenseman Andreas Englund chases down the puck under pressure from Anaheim Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler in the first period at Ball Arena January 26, 2023. What followed was an inverted version of what has happened in recent Avs games. When they lost seven of eight in early January, they got in a habit of digging holes then conjuring the urgency to rally late. This time, they scored first for a seventh consecutive game but replicated the type of third period they played Tuesday against Washington: caught on their heels, defending more than creating.“I liked our first two periods a lot. … I did not like the start of our third,” Bednar said.
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