Roy rips Duchene for emphatic 30th-goal celebration in loss

Patrick Roy was unimpressed by Matt Duchene's milestone moment.

The Colorado Avalanche head coach ripped his leading scorer for celebrating emphatically after reaching the 30-goal plateau for the first time in his career late in a blowout loss to the St. Louis Blues.

"The thing I have a bit of a hard time with is the reaction of (Duchene) after he scores," Roy said at his postgame scrum. "It's a 4-0 goal. Big cheer. Are you kidding me? What is that? It's not the (reflection) that we want from our guys. Not at all."

Roy, who went on to openly question the leadership capabilities of his core, saw Mikkel Boedker scramble to collect the 30-goal puck.

Duchene was less enthusiastic in the locker room.

"(The playoffs) is all we care about, all I care about," he said. "Obviously it's a nice milestone, but I'm not thinking about it at all right now. I'm just very disappointed about this loss tonight."

The loss is their fifth in six games, and although the Avalanche have squandered another opportunity, the Minnesota Wild have lost three straight themselves, keeping Colorado breathing in the wild-card chase.