Blues' Hat Trick Torches Avs' D - Repeat Disaster

St. Louis feasts on Colorado's porous blue line with another hat trick surrendered, dropping the Avs in a game that exposes the same old flaws we've dissected in postgame huddles. MacKinnon's crew battles up front, but the back end collapses under pressure from a Blues team smelling blood. As playoff positioning hangs in the balance, this loss piles on the urgency for front-office moves to shore up the defense.