Colorado comes in tomorrow night after a very easy win in Philadelphia.
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The Flyers may have been banking on an easy 2 points so this result should make the Bruins aware that they need to play 60 minutes
http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_29100076/avalanche-starts-season-long-road-trip-4-0
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The Flyers may have been banking on an easy 2 points so this result should make the Bruins aware that they need to play 60 minutes
http://www.denverpost.com/avalanche/ci_29100076/avalanche-starts-season-long-road-trip-4-0
PHILADELPHIA — When the Avalanche wins — however rare it has been this season — it usually goes big.
In Colorado's four triumphs entering Tuesday, three ended with a three-goal cushion. They were dominant victories against Dallas (6-3), at Anaheim (3-0) and vs. Calgary (6-3).
A similar result unfolded at the Wells Fargo Center to begin a seven-game road trip. The Avs (5-9-1) pounded the Philadelphia Flyers (5-7-3) 4-0 behind Matt Duchene's two goals and the second-luckiest goal in Jarome Iginla's distinguished career — which features 596 of them.
Goalie Reto Berra — Colorado's new No. 1 guy? — was poised in net, and fourth-line role player Cody McLeod scored on a skilled wrap-around to make it 4-0 early in the third period. The Avs produced their 35th shot with 15 minutes to play and ended with 40 in dominating throughout.
Philly had just 14 shots after two periods Colorado committed just one penalty — by rookie Andreas Martinsen, who was making his NHL debut — in what coach Patrick Roy said was his team's best game of the young season.
"We managed our game well," Roy said. "We kept the length of our shifts short. I thought we possessed the puck. I was very pleased with our performance."
The way the Avs are winning doesn't change the fact that they're losing the tight games. In one-goal games, they are 1-7-1.
As the final buzzer sounded Tuesday, what was left of the Wells Fargo Center crowd serenaded the Flyers with loud boos as they skated to the locker room.
It was well-deserved.
Colorado 4, Flyers 0.
The Flyers had talked about bringing momentum home from a nice win Saturday in Winnipeg that ended a 1-3-1 road trip, but apparently, they left it in customs.
"We're embarrassed. They're probably embarrassed," Flyers winger Ryan White said when asked about the boos.
The Avalanche, who began the night as the Western Conference's worst team, finished with a 40-25 shots advantage and skated circles around the Flyers.
"It wasn't a pretty game to watch," captain Claude Giroux said.". . . We need to play better together, support each other and play as a team. It's definitely not that the guys don't care. We have guys that work hard. They come to the rink every day and they're proud to be a Flyer. One day we're going to come together and, day in and day out, play as a team."
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/sports...ut_loss_to_Avalanche.html#0u21uJe9hW6yjFIB.99
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