Colorado Avalanche

From the moment his team dropped Game 1, Blues coach Craig Berube was calm and composed. This had nothing to do with false bravado, this was genuine belief.

The moment he stepped in the Minnesota series, we saw a difference with how good he was with the puck, and we want to keep doing that.” “It’s one game, we knew this was going to be a long, hard series. In years past, we might dwell on it and get down on ourselves and each other or whatever it might be, but we’ve got to pick each other up and move on and stay positive. So that makes everything more difficult,” said Bednar. “In Game 1, I thought we were the quicker team, I thought we worked extremely hard and that was probably their biggest adjustment, right? We talked about just controlling the puck and tracking back hard and trying to outnumber them all over the ice.” “From the get-go, it seemed like we got on our forecheck way more. “We were all supporting each other, and you know the depth we had today, that was good. Tonight, we had a lot more guys and it was important to find a way to win one here on the road, just like we did last time against Minnesota. We've got to keep pushing forward here.” Bottom line, so I’m not going to place the blame on either guy, but you’ve got to take care of the puck,” Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar told reporters. “It’s a turnover high in the zone. We probably had two or three players have a good game, that was it. Really good job of getting pucks up in our zone on the walls.”

The St. Louis Blues bounced back in Game 2 against the Colorado Avalanche, posting a 4-1 win on the road to tie the series.

I started with FanSided as a Baseball Contributor. Now I am writing about the NHL and the St. Louis Blues for The Hockey Writers. I grew up in Central Illinois as a huge fan of every sport. They must withstand the inevitable push in Game 3 from them, as it will be a fast and furious start. He’s completely changed the trajectory of this playoff run for the Blues, as I’m convinced that they would not be in this position with Ville Husso in net. He also trusts his team to bounce back and make their own adjustments, and a veteran team like this did so in Game 2. The Blues needed to prove that this wasn’t the same team from 2020-21 that got swept by the Avalanche, and they did so. They can’t get into a track meet with this Avalanche team, as they already lost a game while allowing that to happen in Game 1.

The St. Louis Blues host the Colorado Avalanche in game three of the second round of the NHL Playoffs with the series tied 1-1.

The Avalanche are 14-2-5 in one-goal games. David Perron scored two goals in the win. The Blues won the last matchup 4-1. BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues and the Colorado Avalanche are in a 1-1 series tie in the second round of the NHL Playoffs. The teams meet Thursday for the sixth time this season. The St. Louis Blues host the Colorado Avalanche in game three of the second round of the NHL Playoffs with the series tied 1-1 St. Louis Blues (49-22-11, third in the Central Division)

Although Colorado needed overtime to win Game 1 against St. Louis, the Avalanche controlled that game. They pumped 54 shots on Blues goalie Jordan Binnington ...

"I think, years past, we might dwell on it and get down on ourselves and each other. We've gotta forget about it and move on and get back to the way that we play." "They were better, and we were worse. They know in Game 1 they didn't do well enough, and all year they've responded," Blues coach Craig Berube said. We have to forget about it and move on." "We got outworked and outskated," Colorado coach Jared Bednar said.

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"We did a good job, and we forechecked hard tonight," St. Louis coach Crag Berube said after the game, via NHL.com. "We put pucks to good areas and were on it. When the puck turned over or they get their possession, we reloaded well, and I thought that we did a good job coming back in our own zone, protecting the middle ice, and our 'D' did a [heck] of a job of defending the rush, defending in our zone. David Perron put the Blues up 2-0 on a power play and later 3-1 in the third period. St. Louis broke through in the second period with a Jordan Kyrou goal 5:45 in. St. Louis would add two goals later in the period to put Colorado away. "We played a connected hockey game," Binnington said.

"We were bad. We were really bad tonight," Nathan MacKinnon said about the Avalanche's performance in a 4-1 loss to the Blues.

We've gotta forget about it and move on and get back to the way that we play." "They were better, and we were worse. "I think, years past, we might dwell on it and get down on ourselves and each other. We have to forget about it and move on." "We got outworked and outskated," Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. "We just didn't have our jump tonight.

The Colorado Avalanche and the St. Louis Blues locked horns again at Ball Arena in Denver Thursday night in Game 2 of their second-round Stanley Cup Playoff ...

Author of five novels for young adults, including The Scar Boys, Life in a Fishbowl, and Hard Wired. Lives in Littleton, Colorado with two middle school-age kids, one awesome wife, and three pets. Otherwise, Kuemper made a series of impressive saves early to keep his team in the game. In the regular season, he had a 7-8-0 record with a .895 SV% and a 3.27 GAA. In the postseason, Binnington is now 1-6-0 versus Colorado, with a .924 SV% and a 2.85 GAA. Jordan Binnington turned in another strong performance in Game 2, stopping 30 of the 31 shots. After being outshot and outplayed by the Avalanche in Game 1, the Blues came out with a ferocious intensity, playing a physical, smart brand of hockey to defeat the Avalanche, 4-1. In Games 2 through 6, MacKinnon had zero goals and two assists, and Makar had zero goals and three assists. His career numbers against the Avalanche are lackluster at best. Blues forward David Perron, playing in his 100th playoff game, had two goals in the contest. After the Avalanche outlasted a 51-save performance from Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington to secure an overtime win in Game 1, they took to the ice looking to take a commanding 2-0 series lead. Mikko Rantanen, Colorado’s leading scorer during the regular season with 92 points, has yet to tally a goal in these playoffs. The 33-year-old veteran’s career numbers against the Avalanche are gaudy. In 39 games, Perron has 34 points.

After the Colorado Avalanche squeaked out a 3-2 overtime win in Game 1, I wrote the following: “If every game this round looks like last night at 5-on-5 and ...

They are the better team in this series, they just have to play like it. The Blues are extremely dangerous and by ceding home ice advantage to them in this series, the Avalanche are now officially playing with fire. We have all watched this team explode for half-dozen goals in a nanosecond with some regularity this year, but given how Game 2 unfolded, as soon as St. Louis took a 2-0 lead, it felt like the game was out of reach, a feeling that was confirmed by the 4-1 final score. Sometimes that’s just how the cookie crumbles, but because the second round of the playoffs has now replaced the Detroit Red Wings as the Avalanche’s biggest rival, an effort like this is more difficult to write off as simply just a bad day at the office and not part of a larger pattern of taking their foot off the gas after impressive playoff performances. In Game 2, they didn’t get their thirteenth shot on goal until around eight minutes into the second period, and the Blues completely owned the most precious real estate in front of the net on both ends. In Game 1, Colorado controlled the entire game from the second period onward, as exemplified by their thirteen to zero shot advantage in eight minutes of overtime.

The St. Louis Blues return to Enterprise Center with their series tied 1-1 after stealing home-ice advantage from the Colorado Avalanche in a Game 2 w...

The under on this total has hit in four of those contests and in both games of this series. Under 1.5 total goals - Period 1 (+125): St. Louis and Colorado have combined for four first-period goals in five meetings this season. St. Louis’ netminder has a sparkling .948 save percentage since replacing Ville Husso ahead of Game 4 in Round 1. Colorado went 10-0-1 in that scenario. 4-3 win The pregame narrative: St. Louis Blues outplayed the Avalanche on Thursday night and limited Colorado’s explosive offence to just one goal.

Perron leads St. Louis with 11 points (seven goals, four assists) in eight playoff games, and going into play Friday was tied for fourth in the NHL in scoring ...

We did a good job in the first two periods and in the third, [goalie Jordan Binnington] held the lid for us (making 11 of his 30 saves). He had a good push and it was a good win." "We've got to stay composed, under control and kind of minimize the chances they have," Perron said, "and try to find that momentum the next shift because they just keep coming at you and it's all five of them with [defensemen Cale] Makar and [Devon] Toews. They do a great job. He led a 2-on-1 rush with linemate Pavel Buchnevich, kept the puck and beat Avalanche goalie Darcy Kuemper to the short side, past his glove. "It was exciting to play with 'Buch,'" Perron said. He's competitive, he hangs onto the puck and doesn't lose it." I have a lot of pride wearing the Blue Note."

The Avalanche enters Game 3 of its Western Conference semifinal series against the Blues with mixed feelings.

Blocking shots is a key ingredient to a long playoff run and the Avs need to prove they are willing to sacrifice. Get the puck behind St. Louis’ defenseman and make the Blues work at taking it end to end. They were highly competitive in Game 1 but seemed disinterested in playing at an elite pace in Game 2. Speaking of competitive, the Avs need to up their game from the last one. That was highly evident in Game 1 but more of a rarity in Game 2. ST. LOUIS — The Avalanche enters Game 3 of its Western Conference semifinal series against the Blues with mixed feelings.