Avalanche OT Winner
- The Colorado Avalanche scored an overtime winner to take a 2-0 lead over the LA Kings in their playoff series. (x.com) - Fans reacted by shaking the glass behind the bench after the decisive Game 2 goal. (x.com) - Other playoff action included tight results around the league, highlighting how quickly series can swing. (x.com)
Colorado beat Los Angeles 2-1 in overtime on Tuesday, and Nicolas Roy’s winner gave the Avalanche a 2-0 lead in their first-round series. (nhl.com) Roy scored at 7:44 of overtime at Ball Arena in Denver, knocking in a rebound after Josh Manson’s shot during a net-front scramble. Scott Wedgewood made 24 saves for Colorado. (nhl.com) Los Angeles led 1-0 after Artemi Panarin scored on the power play with 6:56 left in the third period, but Gabriel Landeskog tied it 1-1 at 11:55 of the same period. Wedgewood also stopped Quinton Byfield on a penalty shot earlier in the game. (nhl.com) The series has turned on one-goal games. Colorado won Game 1 by the same 2-1 score on April 19, and the Kings left Denver down two games without scoring more than once in either matchup. (nhl.com) That matters in a best-of-seven format because the next two games shift to Los Angeles, where the Kings need to reverse the series starting with Game 3 on Thursday, April 23. The National Hockey League’s first-round bracket had Colorado ahead 2-0 as of April 22. (nhl.com) The reaction inside Ball Arena matched the finish. Video from behind the benches showed fans pounding and shaking the glass seconds after Roy’s overtime goal as Colorado players spilled onto the ice. (x.com) Around the league, the first round has produced the same kind of narrow margins. Dallas beat Minnesota 2-1 in overtime on April 22, while Anaheim beat Edmonton 6-4 the same night after the Oilers had taken Game 1 by one goal. (nhl.com) Colorado now heads west with two home wins, two 2-1 finals, and a series lead that can widen quickly if the Kings cannot solve Wedgewood and finish their chances in Game 3. (nhl.com)
