You cannot come unglued against the Colorado Avalanche, especially on their home-ice. That’s exactly what the Winnipeg Jets did in the third period, and they paid dearly for it.
Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Nichushkin scored power-play goals 2:28 apart early in a five-goal third period, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Winnipeg Jets 6-2 in Game 3 of their first-round series in Denver on Friday night.
Winnipeg’s penalty kill imploded and Colorado took advantage. After the critical series-tying win in Winnipeg, the Colorado Avalanche headed home for Game 3.
On Sunday night at the end of Game 1, it looked as though the Winnipeg Jets just might have what it takes to oust the Colorado Avalanche in their first round series.
The Avalanche defeated the Jets 6-2 at Ball Arena in Colorado. Game 4 is Sunday at Ball Arena at 2:30 p.m.
Through two games, neither the Colorado Avalanche or Winnipeg Jets made any changes to their lineup. Both teams were pretty happy with how things went, and decided to stick with what worked for Game Two.
You’re not going to get any concrete information out of Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar when the playoffs roll around. The second Colorado finished their regular season, he went into lockdown mode.
The Colorado Avalanche are getting a little depth fortification at goaltender ahead of Friday's pivotal Game 3 matchup with the Winnipeg Jets.
When you acquire a big piece at the trade deadline with 0 games of NHL playoff experience, you never really know what you’re going to get when the most important time of year rolls around.
They’ll provide significant reinforcements for AHL Colorado, which begins its best-of-three first-round series against the Abbotsford Canucks soon.
In the Stanley Cup Playoffs, you need your goaltender to come up with key saves at the most crucial moments of the game. In the first game of the Central Division Semifinals between the Winnipeg Jets and Colorado Avalanche, Avs netminder Alexandar Georgiev did not rise to the occasion, surrendering seven goals and on 23 shots in a 7-6 loss.
The Avalanche scored four unanswered goals in the second and third periods.
The Avalanche only have one clear flaw on their roster, and it was on full display in a 7-6 loss to the Jets on Sunday night in Game 1 of their Western Conference first round series.
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