Denver– nathan mackinnon Scored one goal and assisted two other goals colorado avalanche Minnesota’s latest netminder rolled through, philip gustavsonon the way to one win 5-2 Took 2-0 lead in second round playoff series over Wild on Tuesday night.
The Avalanche have now won six consecutive postseason games, tying the 2021 team for the franchise’s longest winning streak to start the playoffs.
This game featured a bit more defense than the 9-6 blowout of Game 1. The 14 goals are the most in the first two games of a playoff series for the Avalanche. calgary flames were 15 against Los Angeles Kings In 1988.
martin necks, Gabriel Landeskog And nicholas roy Scored his first goal of the series. valery nichushkin An empty-netter was added in the closing seconds. Twelve different Avalanche players scored in the series, an NHL record for the first two games of the series.
Scott Wedgwood Made 29 saves on a night where he made contact – on one occasion he was caught in the net – and took a puck off the mask, leading to some quick repairs.
Wild then went to the net with Gustavsson jesper wallstad Gave up eight goals in a 9-6 loss. Gustavsson got off to a great start by giving up a goal on the first two shots of the first period and the first shot of the second. He remained quiet and finished with 18 saves.
The series shifts to Minnesota for Game 3 on Saturday.
The Avalanche lead the best-of-seven playoff series 18–2, winning the first two games since moving to Denver in 1995–96.
Kirill Kaprizov And marcus johansson There were goals for the Wild. anger flared up in the third parker kelly are coming to blows with matt boldy And hitting the linesman with his glove. No penalty was imposed.
Colorado faced a late rush by the Wild after Gustavsson was pulled for an extra skater. Boldy took a big hit on the boards from MacKinnon and was slow to get up.
Necas gave the Avalanche a 1–0 lead in the first period, but Kaprizov equalized just six seconds later. The six-second gap between goals was the fifth-fastest two-goal gap by both teams in postseason history, according to NHL Stats.
Landeskog later added a power-play score on a pass from MacKinnon, who dished out two assists in the first period for his 21st career multipoint playoff period. He passed Hall of Famer Joe Sakic for the most awards in franchise history.
