Avalanche fans get to watch Marty Natchez and Nathan McKinnon play together pretty much every single game now.

And look, I'll be the first to admit that sometimes their gameplay is frustrating.

But that's the vast minority.

The majority of the time, they're doing awesome things.

Abbs win over the L.A. Kings, 4 to 2.

I think it's worth noting that post-Olympic break, the a

afts have been going through a stretch where a lot of breaks have not really gone their way.

Now, across the course of an entire season, big numbers, those things tend to balance out.

But right now, we've seen a lot of frustrating things go against them, whether that be

reffing or the no-goal in this game or other things

that just bounces seem to go against them. They're kind of going through that right now,

and they're still finding ways to win. That's a sign of a good team. The abs had the potential

to make this game a comfortable one for themselves. Now, that didn't come to fruition, but the

abs still did what they needed to do. Yes, some of the goals

against, in fact, both of the goals against them in this game were absolutely their own fault. That's on

Colorado to play better and do a better job. But also, for a game that I found frustrating,

the abs never trailed in this game. They were never at threat of losing it. They spent about half the game tied and about half the game leading.

And I do think this game shows the importance of playing from ahead. The aves score first less than five minutes in.

This place starts with an air from LA. They get the offensive zone, but an errant pass allows the abs to jump on it and get going up the ice.

Landy nicely finds Natchez in the

middle and the abs are off to the races. This should be a two on two if you're able to get back and defend, but you're not keeping up with Nathan McKinnon. So it becomes a two on one as Natchez gets the space on his side and forces the defender to him. He's able to hit the nice pass across to McKinnon in space.

And McKinnon doesn't hesitate here.

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