Landeskog: “We’re just reloading…”
New York. The Colorado Avalanche had one skater in its first conference final in 20 years last night — but failed to get there.
St. Lewis showed tremendous character, causing 3-0 and 4-3 flaws and ultimately winning the incredible drama of overtime.
– But we’re just reloading, the hockey game shouldn’t be easy, says Gabriel Landskog.
At first, it seemed like that Colorado Avalanche He would sweep the house in the fifth round against St. Lewis is at home at the ballpark in Denver without any major problems.
Led by a seemingly demon-possessed Nathan McKinnon, they started in a totally furious fashion and advanced 2-0 – after two close goals by McKinnon. And at the beginning of his reign, others Gabriel Landskog At 3-0 as well.
At the time, it felt like the Rocky Knights had already advanced to their first conference final since 2002.
But the Blues wouldn’t allow it. First, Vladimir Tarasenko fixed the cut before the middle bar was over. He then took charge of the match in the third game, while the home team became very cautious and went home. Robert Thomas got the score 3-2 after less than ten minutes, and when the clock ticked 15.14, exactly the result expected at the time, Justin Falk signed him.
Then something completely unbelievable happened. McKinnon, still owned by those demons, grabbed the disc in his own territory, flew away over the ice, feigned scars Nick Lady and sprayed the prettiest goal in the entire playoff.
Hats rained over the ice, the match was over and Avs was ready for a small island race against Edmonton or Calgary.
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But Tamthussan: Next, the Blues took out goalkeeper Phil Hosseau – excellent in the absence of injured Jordan Bennington – and fixed the new equaliser.
Then overtime didn’t last more than 3.38 until Tyler Bozak found a gap with Darcy Kuemper – much less than that – and decided the match.
“You just made a shot, because in overtime there’s no such thing as unnecessary shots, and with a bit of luck, the puck bounced,” the unguided champ told TNT afterwards.
As for Avalanche, match development and the finish were of course very frustrating, but then they tried to press that they still had a 3-2 advantage in the series.
– In qualifying, the process is the same no matter what happens. If you win, you are happy for a while and then you start thinking about the next match. It’s the same now. We curse for a quarter of an hour and then move on, says Gabriel Landskog.
– We’ve already started charging for Match 6 now. It’s hockey we play, and clincher hockey shouldn’t be easy.
Nathan McKinnon agrees.
– We still have the lead and now we have a chance to win the St. Louis. It will be fun, he says defiantly.
That match will be decided the night before Saturday.