Wednesday, 4 a.m.
Sometimes, you just lose.
Sometimes, the other team is a tad better.
Ask the Tampa Bay Lightning, who saw their 5-game winning streak snapped Tuesday night in a 3-2 loss to the hot Colorado Avalanche.
The Avs scored two goals in a minute and 13 seconds in the second period when Vicgo Olofsson and Ross Colton scored.
Brayden Point, who has been off to a slow start, scored his third goal of the season 3:32 into the third period. The Lightning made a strong push late in the game, but could no score again.
Nikita Kucherof had scored 97 seconds into the game to give the Bolts an early lead.
Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 30 of 33 shots for the Bolts, but is record fell to 3-4-2. He has given up 24 goals this season.
The Bolts travel to Las Vegas on Thursday night to play the Golden Knights at 10 p.m.