Sure the Colorado Avalanche were down key players heading into Wednesday nights matchup with the Columbus Blue Jackets. But nobody was concerned after 40 minutes of play that saw the Avs with a 2-0 lead and playing like the better team. Then the wheels fell off in the third.

Columbus scored four unanswered goals and the Avs were reeling. All seemed lost until rookie superstar Bowen Byram threw two pucks on net with the goalie pulled to tie it up. One was redirected by J.T Compher who continues his hot start, and the other sailed in unimpeded with just under a minute to play to send the game into OT.

But, the Avs never even sniffed the puck in the extra time and a bad defensive mistake by Nazem Kadri, who left his man to make a play on the puck, proved to be the Avs undoing in a 5-4 loss.

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