After forcing a turnover by Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard, Dickinson scored his first of the season 19 seconds into the first period to make it 1-0. Colorado coach Jared Bednar challenged the play for goaltender interference, but the call was upheld after video review.
"I think it's easy to say that those first five games, I wasn't playing my best hockey and I didn't necessarily deserve to get any bounces," Dickinson said. "But since then, I feel like I've been playing a lot of good minutes and playing hard hockey, so it's nice to finally be rewarded with the bounce that goes in."
Faksa made it 2-0 at 5:46, scoring on his own rebound in front after his shot was knocked up in the air and into the net off Grubauer's blocker.
Colorado didn't get its first shot of the game until 16:23 of the first period (outshot 12-1 at time).
"Right now, we are definitely not playing our best and we just can't find a way to win," Avalanche forward Andre Burakovsky said.
Compher scored in the high slot on the rush at 19:24 of the first to cut it to 2-1.
Faksa scored a power-play goal at 10:54 of the second period on a rebound in front to make it 3-1. Bednar challenged the play to review if Faksa scored with a broken stick, but the play did not fit into the applicable standards for a missed game stoppage event in the offensive zone, and the goal was upheld.