Avalanche looking to turn home ice into, well, home ice

Despite the furor during and after the Avalanche’s embarrassing 10-1 blowout loss at Montreal on Saturday, the fact is that Colorado eventually went 2-2 on the just-concluded trip and is 7-7-0 on the road this season.
It would be wrong to make too much of 14 points in 14 road games, since going into Tuesday’s games, 16 of the 30 NHL teams had at least a point per road game and winning on the road isn’t as difficult as it is in the NBA, for example. Also, that’s not &ldquo