'No Excuses': Avalanche Let In 8 Goals To Last Place Vancouver Canucks
Colorado Hockey Now • • sports
Key Points:
- The Vancouver Canucks, last in the league and on a six-game losing streak, upset the top-seeded Colorado Avalanche with an 8-6 victory at Ball Arena, scoring eight goals against Colorado's defense.
- Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar expressed deep dissatisfaction with the team's performance, emphasizing that making excuses would lead to a short playoff run, and highlighted numerous mistakes throughout the game.
- Goalie Mackenzie Blackwood struggled, allowing six goals on 19 shots before being replaced, while backup Scott Wedgewood also conceded the game-winning goal after a late comeback by the Avalanche tied the game 6-6.
- Despite Nathan MacKinnon reaching his 50th goal of the season, the Avalanche's defense faltered significantly, especially without Cale Makar, with poor communication and ineffective special teams contributing to their loss.
- The Avalanche, now 49-15-10, missed an opportunity to clinch a playoff spot with a regulation win, raising concerns as the playoffs approach in eight games.
