Colorado Avalanche

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KDVR/AP) — Valeri Nichushkin scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:58 left, and the Colorado Avalanche became the first team to advance to ...

The Avs won Game 3 on Saturday afternoon 7-3 to take their commanding 3-0 series lead. Captian Gabriel Landeskog scored two goals in the second period to help ...

FWIW, I wouldn’t play him if we had to and keep Francouz going to wrap up the series— z - Mile High Hockey (@MileHighHockey) #GoAvsGo #FindAWay May 8, 2022 Regardless, it might very well be Francouz in net for the Avs whether or not Kuemper is available. Matt Duchene has been the best player for the Preds. He’s been a thrown in the side of the Avs, having scored three goals in three games. He got a stick to the face through his mask and may be available for tonight’s game. The Avs won Game 3 on Saturday afternoon 7-3 to take their commanding 3-0 series lead. For the Avs, they have been rolling all four lines consistently and found scoring from them all too.

The Nashville Predators will try to avoid being swept in Monday's Game 4 against the Colorado Avalanche.

Nashville Predators vs. Kuemper is out for Game 4, but Avs coach Jared Bednar was encouraged by his status after the game on Saturday. Nashville Predators vs.

The Nashville Predators had never gone down 0-3 in a playoff series before Saturday night, and tonight they'll look to avoid getting swept by the Colorado ...

They have to win the specific game in front of them, by executing carefully and to the best of their ability. They looked better at the start of Game 3, before the penalties and the first goal against, but better isn’t good enough. The Avalanche have shown they can win a game 8-7 or 1-0; there isn’t a broad style the Preds can force the game into that this opponent can’t play well.

The Colorado Avalanche are on their way to the second round of the NHL playoffs after beating the Nashville Predators 5-3 Monday night in Nashville to ...

The Avalanche swept the Blues in the first round of last year’s playoffs before falling to the Vegas Golden Knights in six games in the second round. Makar, who was named a Norris Trophy finalist on Monday, started off the playoffs hot, with seven points (two goals, five assists) in the first three games of the series to match his stellar defensive work. Cale Makar scored in the second period with an assist by J.T. Compher.

Ryan Johansen centering ... Yakov Trenin and Nick Cousins? Luke Kunin ... joining Mikael Granlund and Matt Duchene? Then-playoff scoreless Filip Forsberg on the ...

The Avalanche quickly began answering those questions, with nothing but net. Forsberg, who was reunited with Granlund and Duchene, untied it with 16:02 left in the third, his first point of the series and the Predators' first lead. After being reunited with Sissons and Jeannot, Trenin, though, tied the score 1-1 with 1:01 left in period one, his second goal of the series in a game that was tied 1-1 after one and 2-2 after two.

For the first time in franchise history, the Nashville Predators have been swept in a playoff series.

At this point, the Avs smelled blood in the water, absolutely smothering the Preds in their own zone and making it near impossible for Nashville to get anything going beyond the neutral zone. Ultimately, it would be the Preds’ top line that gave Nashville their first lead of the series. The Predators kept their foot on the gas for the start of the third period, swarming around Francouz and putting the most sustained pressure on Colorado’s net that they had all season. Ingram, for his part, made a few good saves to keep the Preds in it early. Once again, the Predators went to the line blender to try and find some early energy, and once again, it wouldn’t matter. The Predators, a team that prides themselves on their identity of a “hard team to play against,” never quite lived up to that billing.

Justus Annunen, called up from Colorado of the American Hockey League on Sunday, will back up Francouz. Annunen has played two NHL games (one start) but is ...

"We got to continue to play the same way we have in the first three games in the series," Bednar said. Their measure of success is the Stanley Cup, and to win it, they'll need to endure four rounds. "To get a lead and get a goal, I think, obviously ignites the building and settles guys down, lets guys settle in," Predators coach John Hynes said. Special teams were the difference for Colorado in Game 3. Francouz allowed two goals on 20 shots in Game 3, a 7-3 Avalanche victory, after Darcy Kuemper sustained a right eye injury late in the first period. You just need every part of your game to be dialed in."

Live updates, tweets, photos, analysis and more from the Colorado Avalanche game against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on May 9, ...

He was almost right. Top-seeded Colorado needed just seven days to sweep the Nashville Predators. The Avs, who never trailed in the first three games against ...

We were able to grind out a win on the road in a tough building against a good team. A poor defensive effort led to Nashville’s first goal that tied it 1-1 with 1:01 remaining in the first period. Makar scored his fourth goal and eighth point of the playoffs at 13:33 with a wrist shot from inside the blue line. Footnotes. Besides the goaltending change, the Avs used the same lineup from Games 1 and 2. The Avs got a solid game from goalie Pavel Francouz, who made his first start in this postseason. “We just know with all the skill and talent we have that we were going to get one some way. We made a few mistakes that they capitalized on, but again, good resiliency from our group to stick with it in the third period. Burakovsky’s shot from the left circle sneaked through the net behind Ingram. Replays proved it was a goal after the first stoppage some 45 seconds later. It was Burakovsky’s first point of the series. Star defenseman Cale Makar slipped past a defender against the left wall and delivered a back-door pass to Nichushkin, who one-timed it past rookie goalie Connor Ingram. MacKinnon added an empty-net goal with 55.9 seconds left. But it’s going to be a familiar team. “So it will be good to take a couple of days off, heal up.

The Colorado Avalanche became the first team to advance to the second round in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, beating the Nashville Predators 5-3 to ...

Forsberg is in the final year of his contract, though Nashville hopes to sign him to a contract extension before free agency opens. The Predators forward became the fourth NHL player in 26 years with multiple tying goals in an elimination game. Colorado scored three times over the final 11:05 to wrap up a series by outscoring Nashville 21-9. Yakov Trenin scored twice for Nashville, which was swept for the first time in franchise history in its 15th playoff appearance. The Avalanche now are in the Western Conference semifinals for a fourth straight season and second consecutive after sweeping their first-round opponent. Makar is a finalist for a second straight season. Not even having Walker Zimmerman, a defender for MLS’ Nashville SC, wave the pre-game rally towel helped. We just know with all the skill and talent we have that we were going to get one.” He led defensemen with 28 goals, and he became the eighth defenseman in NHL history with seven or more points through the first three games of a postseason and first since John Carlson also had seven in 2018. “Anytime you get a chance to end a team’s season, you take it and run,” Makar said. MacKinnon sealed the victory with an empty-net goal on the man advantage with 55.9 seconds remaining. “We found a way,” Colorado center Nathan MacKinnon said.

The Colorado Avalance become the 1st team in NHL history to sweep a best-of-seven single playoff series while accumulating 20+ Goals & 175+ Shots. They had a ...

- And speaking of the teams interested in Trotz, which of the 32 teams make the most sense, and which are just plain not going to do it?[The Athletic] They had a goal differential of 12 and scored 5+ goals in three out of the four games in the series! - Not only did theColorado Avalanchesweep the Nashville Predatorsin four games for their first-round series, but they did it in a historical and dominant way.

The Avalanche clinched their first-round Western Conference series against the Predators with a 5-3 win in Game 4.

"It was just in the last minute of the game there. In the third period, Filip Forsberg gave the Predators a 3-2 lead just 3:58 into the third period. "We were resilient," said Makar, who added in his postgame news conference that Predators fans threw candy at him from the stands near the end of Game 4. Devon Toews scored his third goal of the playoffs to tie the game at 8:55. Just 3:06 later, Makar artfully set up Valeri Nichushkin for a one-timer that gave Colorado the lead. It starts with Cale Makar. He might be the best player in the league right now." Colorado ended their first-round Western Conference series with a 5-3 road win on Monday night, as the top-seeded team in the conference eliminated the final wild-card team.