1/17 Colorado 4, Phoenix 3
Avalanche Recaps | (1)
The Avs are back. The bunch of lazy bums dressed up in Avalanche colors has been replaced - at least for one game - with an actual, real life hockey team. After the fourth straight game of uninspired play, Joel Quenneville shook up all the lines, leaving just Sakic / Wolski and Stastny / Hejduk intact. The Avs responded, outplaying the Coyotes for much of the game, and putting considerable pressure on Phoenix's Curtis Joseph in the early going (shot totals were low, but the pressure was there).
Struggling Tyler Arnason was moved to left wing on the Stastny / Hejduk ...