Gabriel Landeskog performed his duties as captain of the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.

First it was a scrap with Austin Watson 68 seconds into the third with his team facing a two-goal deficit and needing a spark. And when that failed, it was a promise to fans that the team will be better than its 5-1 loss to the Nashville Predators, which saw Colorado fall to the .500 mark after a promising 3-1 start.

"Tonight, it's got to be said that this was embarrassing, and I promise all the Avs fans out there that this is not going to happen at home again," Landeskog said, according to the team's official website.

Landeskog was sprung into action by the chaos that's crept into Colorado's game. Head coach Jared Bednar suggested the Avalanche are reacting to their opponent, rather than dictating the scheme he's trying to implement.

"It's not at all how we want to play. It's pretty bad," Bednar said. "The first period, we traded chances the whole time, which isn't what we want to do. We created some real good looks. So did they. Then after that, I just felt like their big guys turned it up a notch and we didn't.

"We didn't find the intensity that we needed for the game. So it was disappointing because it's a chance for us to go a couple games above .500, and now we're just spinning in the mud again."

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