Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round NHL playoff series.

He lined in a shot to the stick side of Ingram on a mini-breakaway. “He’s definitely a different animal in the playoffs,” Makar said. “It was also a point in his life where he hit rock bottom, but he also felt really supported,” Hynes said. The best scoring chance was Makar on a breakaway, only to have his shot land in the glove of Ingram. MacKinnon scored the first goal on the game's first shot 5:25 into the action. “Stepping in with not a ton of experience, he was definitely ready to go. Ingram was at his finest in the third period when he stopped a point-blank shot from Nazem Kadri with his left pad. Colorado had a goal disallowed in the closing seconds of the second period for goaltender interference. Shortly after, the Predators had a 5-on-3 advantage for 1:52 when Nichushkin went to the penalty box for a high-stick. “For us, we were able to get a lucky one in overtime.” He allowed MacKinnon's goal on the first shot of the game and turned back everything until Makar's goal. The goal made for quite a present.

Colorado Avalanche center Nico Sturm (78), right, celebrates with Cale Maker (8) after Maker scored the game winning overtime goal against the Nashville ...

And the stingier Ingram got, the more Avs shots that went for naught, the more ripe this one looked for petty thievery. When Smashville dared the NHL’s prettiest team to wrestle in the mud, the Avs threw on a singlet and got after it. And it was largely thanks to Ingram between the pipes. And, eventually, most of the time, the hockey gods are going to reward you for that hard work.” Wasn’t enough. Wasn’t enough.

Cale Makar scored 8:31 into overtime and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Thursday night in Denver to take a 2-0 lead in their ...

He has a shutout streak of 114 minutes and 59 seconds, and he has stopped 54 of 55 shots he has faced in the series. Markstrom has stopped 37 of 38 shots in the series. New York's Igor Shesterkin followed up his 79-save performance in Game 1 by making 39 stops in Game 2. The rebound came to Makar in the slot, and his wrister gave the Avalanche a two-game edge in the series. The Avalanche held the Predators to 15 shots after the first period and dominated chances in the third period and overtime. It was Makar's second goal of the postseason.

It didn't matter when the Colorado Avalanche blew out the Nashville Predators 7-2 in Game 1, scoring five goals in the opening frame to chase temporary ...

You can contrast that with the lack of it on the other bench, which is something that has come into play—particularly in Game 1. It’s precisely this point where Nashville is, the place where Colorado once was, that serves to delineate the trajectory of these two teams. Our approach is something that you have to start with,” Nazem Kadri said on Friday. “In the playoffs, it’s easy to get sidetracked or anxious or whatever the case may be. I can safely say, in my years with and around the franchise, I’ve never seen an Avalanche team so dedicated to that end. “We’ve held off on Saros, but it’s prepared. #PredsHead Coach John Hynes says goaltender Juuse Saros (lower-body) “will not be in” for Game 3.

The Avalanche swept Games 1 and 2 in different fashions at Ball Arena and now looks to move one win from advancing to the second round after Saturday's game ...

If the Avs again allow no more than two goals in Game 3, they’ll likely win based on the 96 shots and nine goals they have generated thus far. Colorado doesn’t want Ingram to gain any more confidence that he can steal a game — as he nearly did in Game 2. The arena sits within a pitching wedge of Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, the world-famous honky-tonk on the Broadway strip, and it gets rockin’. The Avs have to weather the first 10 minutes and try to gain a lead or dominate the puck as they did throughout the first two games of the series.

Connor Ingram, Nashville's third goaltender who played well in a 2-1 loss at Colorado Thursday that put the Predators in an 0-2 hole, is in line to start ...

Saros was one of the NHL's top goalies in the regular season. He was later ruled out for Games 1 and 2 in Colorado, and Hynes appears fit to take it game by game from here on out with his star netminder. "We all know in this room that we've got to be better."

The Nashville Predators will return home to Bridgestone Arena for Game 3 of the Western Conference First Round on Saturday looking for their first win ...

"So, I think that's one area we can continue to improve on to give ourselves a chance to be able to get up and get out on the attack. You could look to try and get too fancy and start passing it off more, and I don't think that's the solution. ... The status of Borowiecki, a defenseman, will depend on how he feels Saturday, Hynes said. I think you've just got to keep working for those shooting lanes and stick with it." "I think just in general we've been taking on way too much water and being too passive," Josi said. "Other times … we made some plays out, but then we didn't connect on the next play. "You can get too antsy at times, I think," coach Jared Bednar said. "I think we've got to be aggressive. I think we're a pretty poised group." "I think it's so much fun. Two of the three goals the Predators have scored came in Game 1 after they fell behind 6-0. Coach John Hynes brought up what happened in the first round last season.