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 at Ball Arena.
The Avs scored two goals in a minute and 13 seconds in the second period when Victor 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 not score again.
Nikita Kucherov 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 his 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.