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Defeat At Home

The Avalanche lost 4-1 to the Edmonton Oilers at Ball Arena on Saturday. Nikolai Kovalenko scored for Colorado while Alexandar Georgiev made 28 saves.

"I liked our first [period] a lot," Head Coach Jared Bednar said. "I thought we were skating, good things [were] happening on both sides of the rink, but after that, it felt like they wore us down and took over the game."

How It Happened

Kovalenko opened the scoring on the power play at 7:02 of the first period with his fourth goal of the season, scoring with a right-circle one-timer off Artturi Lehkonen's set-up feed. With the secondary assist on the goal, Samuel Girard picked up a point in his 500th NHL game.

The Oilers tied the game at 11:48 of the opening frame when Kasperi Kapanen scored from the right doorstep off a backhand feed from Connor McDavid.

Edmonton took a 2-1 lead at 13:48 of the second period with a net-front deflection from Vasily Podkolzin.

Brett Kulak doubled the Oilers' lead at 3:56 of the third period with a left-point shot.

The Oilers took a 4-1 lead at 18:28 of the third when Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored an empty-net goal.

Next Up

The Avalanche begin a five-game road trip in Buffalo against the Sabres on Tuesday at 5 p.m. MT on Altitude, My20, and Altitude+