Colorado is a Game 4 win away from a stranglehold on the series, but earning a lead has been a battle of its own. After dropping Game 1 at home, both Avalanche wins were comebacks.
That’s practically a 3-0 series deficit compared to the recent first-round adversity MacKinnon and the Avs have faced. Over the last five years , Colorado is 18-3 in the opening round of the playoffs, with sweeps the last two seasons and five-game waltzes the previous two.
MacKinnon, correctly, was steadfast in that moment: The Avs were outplaying the Kraken, even in the minutes preceding the consecutive Seattle goals. When Colorado scored twice to tie Game 2, you could feel the tremble for several shifts beforehand. That felt inevitable. This didn’t. So MacKinnon proceeded with confidence that the Kraken burst was a well-earned blip by them. Nothing else.Reliving the goal itself isn’t enough. It was a series-shifting shift.
“He was the difference maker that we’ve come to expect,” coach Jared Bednar said. “In big games, in must-win games.”“Just faked a guy out and managed to find some net over shoulder,” he said, shrugging. “… No matter how they go in, they all feel great.”“It’s fun. I think scoring in the playoffs on the road is awesome,” MacKinnon said. “It’s a cool feeling.”
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