The Avalanche have earned at least a point in all but two of their first 30 games. The team’s second regulation loss came on a challenging road trip. But the difficulties faced did not hinder momentum.

“You want to win them all. You’re never going to be able to; it’s not realistic. But during that streak, it didn’t feel like we were on top of the world. Everyone’s showing up, working day by day, one at a time, different ways to win games, which obviously is a sign of a good team,” Brock Nelson said. “You’re going to run into a bump in the road, and you got to face a little bit of adversity. So you lose the game, it’s a good reset. I think it just fires everybody up to want to get back out there and get a win, and we were able to do that.”

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Colorado remains No. 1 in the NHL, with the Dallas Stars trailing by only two points. The team is undefeated in regulation at home, as the two losses came on the road. The Avs return to Ball Arena to face the Florida Panthers on Thursday night and look to continue their home winning streak.

“Just focusing on playing the right way. Obviously, a long road trip like that can take it out of you a little bit. So we’re just going to have to be especially structured and paying attention to detail. But got to make sure competing hard too,” Sam Malinski said.

The Avalanche have been playing well, making the recent loss slightly tough to accept. But the team did not dwell on it and managed four points from four games in six days.

“Feeling good. Obviously, would have liked to play a little bit better game at the start of the road trip. At the end of it, obviously, it was nice to get a point late. But now we want to take care of our stuff here. We’ve been rolling at home,” Nelson said.

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With at least a point against the reigning Stanley Cup champs, the Avs can become the sixth team in the last 20 years with 50 points in 31 games or fewer.

“Should be similar energy levels — them playing last night, us coming off this trip. It’s a good team; great forechecking team,” head coach Jared Bednar said. “They make it hard at you at your own net. A lot of their goals, their identity is taking pucks hard to the cage and hanging around there and make it really difficult on your defenders, especially net front. They’re always a really connected group of five on the ice, so we’ll have to be the same.”