Ducks no match for speedier Avalanche, lose their 3rd in a row

The Ducks looked similar they were skating done mud connected Wednesday nighttime against the Colorado Avalanche, who had plentifulness to bash with it. After taking an aboriginal lead, the Ducks chased the Avalanche here, determination and everyplace and suffered a clunker of a 5-2 nonaccomplishment astatine Ball Arena successful Denver.

Colorado won its sixth consecutive game.

Because they were dilatory to get to escaped pucks – due to the fact that they were slow, play – the Ducks began a march to the punishment container that further blunted immoderate momentum they hoped to generate. Their punishment termination got plentifulness of enactment and was among the champion parts of their crippled Wednesday.

But each that defending meant they were backmost connected their heels for extended stretches, adjacent portion astatine adjacent strength, and it proved to beryllium their undoing successful their 3rd consecutive loss. There has been noticeable slippage to their wide play aft an eight-game winning streak earlier this month.

Sonny Milano scored 2 power-play goals for the Ducks.

Cale Makar, Alex Newhook, Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Nazem Kadri (power play) scored for the Avalanche.

Darcy Kuemper started successful extremity for Colorado, but departed aft not 1 but 2 incidents with a skate blade, including 1 that led to Milano’s goal. Jonas Johansson replaced Kuemper for bully aft Kuemper took 1 measurement onto the crystal for the second-period warmup and fell to the ice.

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