10 Observations: Rantanen Puts Damper On a Promising Avalanche Performance (+)

Playing as well as the Avalanche did on Saturday, getting a first-career goal, an insane performance from the top line, and treating the home crowd to a spectacular game was all great.

But going from the excitement of overtime, to the anti-climactic nature of the shootout, and having Mikko Rantanen be the one to win it for Dallas is a big giant dud on an otherwise positive night.

The Avs secured a point, falling to 2-0-1 through the first three games, but still remain one of the better teams in the first week of the season despite falling 5-4 to the Dallas Stars in the shootout.

The two teams won’t meet again until March.

The game unfortunately ended the way it did, but I’d still say there were more positive things to take away from this one.

Let’s get into it.

10 Observations