Do me a favor. Take a quick minute and imagine what this weekend must feel like for fans of NHL teams currently toiling near the bottom of the standings. Imagine for a second the deflating feeling of turning the page from that exciting 4 Nations Tournament only to watch as your favorite team

DENVER — As Marcus Foligno sat in the Delta Center penalty box, awaiting his freedom after being whistled for a four-minute high sticking infraction, he marveled at the job his penalty-killing teammates did, erasing more than three minutes of Utah’s man advantage at the start of the second period on Thursday.