The Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. The Avalanche's Mikko Rantanen earned his 10th career hat trick as he competed in his 600th game.

Since losing to the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3, their third loss in four games, the Colorado Avalanche have had a bit of a shift. Strong defensive efforts resulted in wins over the Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils,

Better editions of the Pittsburgh Penguins than this year’s model certainly would’ve had trouble with the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night. That’s a team with recent Stanley Cup pedigree, and they played like it at PPG Paints Arena en route to a 6-2 win.