It's safe to say that Valentine's Day wasn't a happy one for the Colorado Avalanche. After losing their recently found old buddy Peter Forsberg to retirement earlier on Monday, the Avs showed up at Pepsi Center and were embarrassed by the division rival Calgary Flames, 9-1.
Flames Vs. Avalanche: Calgary Stomps Colorado With Five In First, Four In Third
Olli Jokinen had four points in the first period as Calgary jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first 20 minutes. Daniel Winnik scored midway through the second to avoid the shutout for Colorado, but that'd be all she wrote on that end of the scoreboard. The Flames added four goals in the third -- you know, just for good measure.
It’s the eighth straight loss for Colorado and the most recent win in a Calgary hot streak that’s seen them go 9-1-2 in their last 12 games. Things are bad in Denver, as evidenced by this reaction at Mile High Hockey.
Everything was atrocious tonight for the Avs. Luck played a part but the team is just incapable of playing defense. Goaltending was bad. Budaj tried but caught some bad breaks and had a poor game. Anderson doesn’t even seem to care anymore. The Flames weren’t even trying after the first and still managed to score four more. Sacco doesn’t seem to have any answers, pulling Budaj twice and Anderson once. He also called a timeout after Calgary went up 3-0, which accomplished nothing. Winnik scored the lone goal when Porter’s pass bounced off him.
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