![]() Otherwise, it might be a short stint in the playoffs for the reigning Stanley Cup champions. If they play as they did in the third period for all 60 minutes, then it will be a cakewalk against some teams. While it’s something to not get too worked up about, I am doing so because the negatives are glaring and need to be addressed immediately by Jared Bednar and his coaching staff. This lack of stability and swings in play will not win the Avs a seven-game series, especially if they play like they did tonight against the Wild. They’ve gone 6-6-3 in such games against such opponents. Since the All-Star Break in February against teams such as the Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Dallas Stars, they have suffered. ![]() Looking back on past games for the Avs against superior opponents, it has been rough for them. It also leaves them in third in the Central Division on 94 points, tied with the Dallas Stars and lacking three points behind the Wild. It left the Avs clueless on how to deal with it and falling behind too far to make any effort of coming back. Their work down low which then allowed their skilled players to work around the outsides suffocated Colorado, specifically in the second period. They started off slow while they let the Wild clog up the nets on both ends to subsequently stop goals and score goals. Louis Blues in 2018, the Avs made their bed and laid in it. With the most playoff-like atmosphere and hype around a regular season game since Game 82 against the St. Devon Toews drew a hooking call on Jacob Middleton which led to several chances by the first unit but didn’t find twine.įinally, the Avs would strike and find the net when Toews had a pass/shot deflected by Eller into the back of the net to get them within one with six minutes to go and a prayer to be answered. Meanwhile, penalties, or lack thereof, became the norm of the period as they had been throughout the game. However, they did have to do it briefly without Andrew Cogliano as he suffered some sort of injury in a hit with Marcus Foligno. The Avs came flying out of the gate as they looked to get back in it. It gave a sour end to the period and called for a necessary big turnaround in the third period. Sam Girard also had a breakaway late catching Minnesota on a change but it was stopped along with the rebound. ![]() The first line had their chances, as they were really the only ones skating hard for the Avalanche and creating chances. It seemed as if they were going to blow it wide open for the entire hockey world to see. They were circling around them, especially on a power play where one of the Avs’s best penalty killers, Logan O’Connor, was in the box for tripping. From here, the Wild was a class above Colorado. ![]()
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