"The Panthers mounting road woes have finally gotten to coach Kevin Dineen, who rarely makes excuses after losses.

But following Wednesday's deflating 4-3 overtime loss to the slumping Colorado Avalance in the Pepsi Center, even Dineen made up some new reasons for his team blowing a two-goal lead that they earned 20 seconds into the third period.

Despite having two odd-man rushes in the extra session, neither Stephen Weiss nor Kris Versteeg could get the puck past Avs goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere as the Panthers fall to a dismal 3-10 in overtime. Conversely, the Avs, who had lost four of five, are 11-2 in overtime after Ryan O'Reilly's shot dribbled through goalie Jose Theodore's legs for the game-winner with 1:05 left in OT."