Takeaways from Avs’ victory over Minnesota: Familiar pattern

It was almost the same kind of game: Fast start, rough middle part, empty-netter at the end, Pepsi Center partisans walking happily into the night.

The Colorado Avalanche are now 2-0-0 after a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild. The Avs so far have scored in every period of the season and have yet to trail at any point. Yet, it hasn’t exactly been easy, either.