For 55 minutes the game was 0-0 in a very tight-checking game, 1 missed call and it cost the avs atleast a point. This is another game where the refs screwed them with a non-call, similar to the Calgary game when they got away with a blatant slash and scored the winning goal. Not much else to say about this game, the avs outplayed the wild but again couldn't get any offense and scored 0 goals on Backstrom. I don't know what this team has to do to win a game, but Sacco clearly isn't cutting it and needs to be replaced asap. Other than that, they need a top-6 forward or else there going to keep losing games. Besides the lucky 1 goal, the OWL line did a great job suffocating the Wild's top line. I thought that Shane O'Brien had another exceptionally strong game on the blue line. This was a slow and boring game, with not many chances and the avs just got unlucky. Can't do anything about it, but terrible no-call on the Clutterbuck high-stick and the wild capitalized. J.S. Giguere was solid in stopping 17 of 18 shots, and the 1 goal not his fault. The avs outshot them 27-18, and were outplayed in the faceoff dot 26 to 24. Brandon Yip made his season debut, as finally Porter/Kobasew were benched. Another tough loss, in a brutal month for the avs, and these games are starting to get hard to watch without thinking a trade or firing should take place.
Avalanche Three Stars:
3. Matt Duchene - Was the best forward on the ice, and his line was the only effective one tonight despite not scoring. Duchene had a nice setup for Hejduk who rang it off the post late in the 3rd
2. Erik Johnson - Was strong in shutting down the top line, and fortunate bounce on the goal led him to being -1. However he had 4 shots, was active and played almost 23 minutes
1. Shane O'Brien - For the 2nd straight game, he was the best D on the ice for the avs. He continues to play well this season, playing over 20 minutes tonight
Misplay of the Game: Easy choice once again, terrible no call on Clutterbuck leads to only goal of the game. Tough break for the avs who drop to 1-6-1 in the month of November
Game #20 - The avs start the first game of a 8-game home-stand vs. the Dallas Stars tomorrow night (@9pm).
-Joel Forman - Colorado Avalanche News
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