Jared Bednar doesn’t mince words after Avalanche’s worst loss of the 2025-26 season

The Colorado Avalanche dropped their fifth regulation loss of the season Friday night against the Nashville Predators by a final score of 7-3. While you can look at the Predators scoring multiple empty-net goals, that really wasn’t the story of the game.

Brock Nelson put the puck in the net twice while Martin Necas got another one, and that’s where the scoring finished for the Avs. Head coach Jared Bednar was upset with how the game went, but actually held back a little bit during his postgame press conference.

”Hold back,” you ask? Well, Bednar was asked to evaluate Sam Girard’s play against the Predators, but he refused. He noted that he was not going to “disect anybody as an individual.” I absolutely respect that. Had he done that, it would have caused some major issues internally, and that’s never a road you want to go down.

The Avalanche have had some trouble handling the puck and that was very costly in this game, as they surrendered it just seconds into the game, leading to O’Reilly’s first goal at the 19:30 mark. Though Nelson scored a short time after, all of the Avalanche’s efforts were not good enough in this one.

On the second Predators goal, Sam Girard was the victim of a friendly tap-in, as the puck ended up off of his stick into the net past Blackwood. That is the second time that has happened in as many games. If anything is unlucky, it’s that sort of play right there. Sometimes, there is nothing you can do to avoid a bad thing from happening as the game of hockey moves so quickly.

Nelson’s second goal of the game was a tip off of a shot, which is something that is very difficult for a goaltender to track and save. Unfortunately, there just wasn’t enough luck in this game that went the Avalanche’s way.

The Avs’ power play continued to struggle in this one, going 0-for-2 on the night. During the game, I researched the Avs’ breakdown of the power play, and found that the team has converted on just 26 of 154 opportunities for just 16.8%. They rank 25th.

When it’s all said and done, it would not shock me if the Avalanche found themselves facing a first-round exit out of the postseason due to the power play struggles. It’s gotten so bad—so frustrating.

The Avalanche play their next game on Monday against the Washington Capitals.