10/25 Washington 5, Colorado 3
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First things first: I missed the first two periods of this game. The Avs are important to me, but so are the Lost castaways. I came in just in time to see Alex Ovechkin's newest highlight reel addition - his glass-shattering check on Karlis Skrastins. Colorado peppered Olaf Kolzig with 48 shots in the game (22 in the 3rd period), but came out on the losing end again.
Colorado's powerplay continues to hurt their chances. In 10 games this year, the Avs have managed just 7 5-on-4 powerplay goals, and 3 of those came in one game (Vancouver). Other than that ...
