Chicago Blackhawks lose season opener to Colorado Avalanche.

Chicago Blackhawks lose season opener to Colorado Avalanche.
The Colorado Avalanche raced out to three goals in the opening 10 minutes to send the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-2 defeat Wednesday night at Ball Arena — the third straight season the Hawks have opened with a loss.
Dominik Kubalik and Connor Murphy accounted for the Hawks goals, but as a whole the visitors didn’t look ready to take a regular-season bow on prime-time national TV.
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The Hawks set out to get bigger in the offseason, but it didn’t seem to matter when they were the ones taking many of the big hits, getting knocked off the puck or knocked to the ice.
Hawks management also made it its mission to improve the defense, bringing in new blood Seth Jones and Jake McCabe, but they were literally tripped up by coverage lapses.
McCabe appeared to trip on teammate Tyler Johnson’s skate and stumbled to the ice while trying to turn and defend Jack Johnson, who streaked through the neutral zone unchallenged and found himself one-on-one against Marc-Andre Fleury for the opening goal 4:26 into the game.