The Colorado Avalanche (Avs) faced the Arizona Coyotes and Iowa Wild in recent games. In the game against the Coyotes, the Avs held a 3-goal lead at the end of the second period, but the Coyotes managed to tie the game at 4 with 2:07 to go. MacKinnon collected his second point of the night, and the Avs were 2/2 on the power play, leading 4-0. Rantanen and LOC scored, bringing the score to 3-0. The Eagles also played against the Wild, winning 2-1. Ryan Johansen scored the first goal for the Avs, and Wood redirected a point shot for the game-winning goal. The Avs won with MacKinnon's point streak ending at 19 games. Sam Girard, who had not been cleared to play, could be back in the lineup soon.
2nd period impressions: Maybe Georgiev got a little bored with the 9 shots so far, so he probably has gotten cold. Sharks trying to hit MacKinnon and shake him up, not working. Start throwing more rubber on net and something will go in #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/0JELKADTrJ
#Avs have 25 scoring chances through two periods, but the Sharks have a 6-5 advantage in the high-danger area. Avs are getting into decent scoring areas, but not great ones that often and their finishing has been poor.
It took almost 37 minutes of action for the Sharks to get any sustained pressure and the draw a penalty from the Avs. Hertl immediately scores to tie it #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Sharks finally match Rantanen in shots, but Georgiev is up to the task with a big save.
4v3 coming up here after a slash on Nichushkin. 7:42 left in the 2nd #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Shots on goal at the midway point: Mikko Rantanen: 6 San Jose Sharks: 5
Avs PP now 1/2. We're five minutes into the second period and the Sharks still have 3 shots
I believe the #Avs just killed 1:48 of a Sharks power play without allowing a completed pass in the defensive zone. Avs had three shot attempts while shorthanded. And drew a penalty.
#Avs had a 28-7 advantage in shot attempts, 15-2 in scoring chances in the first period, per @NatStatTrick. Mikko Rantanen had as many shot attempts as the Sharks. If they start hitting the net from the dangerous areas, this one might (stress might) be put to bed early.
1st period impressions #Avs are taking it easy from what it appears. Mikko almost had multiple goals but barely missed. Shut down the neutral zone and you shut down the Sharks completely #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/qDN22odlOn
10 minutes into the 1st period and the Sharks have not recorded a shot on net #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Mikko Rantanen now sits at 86 PP goals, one behind Nathan MacKinnon 🤔 #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/ssyHzImYGZ
MacKinnon send a cross slot pass over to Mikko as he slides down to one knee and top shelves the puck for the opening goal, Nichushkin with the secondary assist #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
If Val Nichushkin let that puck go by him like a dummy in soccer ... well, that was a slick play. MacKinnon to Rantanen, PPG. 1-0 #Avs
MacKinnon sneaks one through the crease to Rantanen for a PP goal. 1-0 #Avs
Rantanen sneaks one through the crease to Rantanen for a PP goal. 1-0 #Avs
Sharks hit with too many men on the ice, Avs will go on their first PP of the night #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Final scratches and starters for the #Avs and #sjsharks #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/JzC8x6rlid
#SJSharks #Avalanche lineups, starters, scratches https://t.co/ifyOiP7pW9
Samuel Girard is on the ice for pregame skate #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
🚨ICYMI 🚨 Cal Burke starts to heat up as the Eagles sweep the Wild over the weekend. Malinski shows he has more confidence, that and more in the quick hits! #AHL #Avs #EaglesCountry #GoAvsGo #CauseChaos #HockeyTwitter @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/s35U7Dvikw
Kaapo Kahkonen starts, and Ty Emberson returns to the #SJSharks lineup. Emberson will be paired with Ferraro
#SJSharks Kaapo Kahkonen will start tonight's game vs. Colorado. Ty Emberson will return to the lineup.
Burke heats up in victory over Wild From @brennan_vogt @TheRinkOfficial #AHL #Avs #COLvsIA #EaglesCountry #GoAvsGo #HockeyLivesHere #IAvsCOL #HockeyTwitter #Rinkrats https://t.co/jktgDD4cqd
Cal Burke starts to heat up as the Eagles sweep the Wild over the weekend. Malinski shows he has more confidence, that and more in the quick hits! #AHL #Avs #EaglesCountry #GoAvsGo #CauseChaos #HockeyTwitter @TheRinkOfficial https://t.co/s35U7DuKuY
Cal Burke with his 2nd goal of the night and 3rd point. Jack Ahcan provides the cross slot pass and his 2nd assist of the night. Eagles up 6-2 #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/EWedBB6AQL
Cal Burke snaps his 5th of the season in for the 5-2 lead for the Eagles. Right off of the faceoff, Kero and Hunt with the assists #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/nyIjJhm7OD
Malinski draws his second penalty with a trip and the Eagles go to their 5th PP of the night #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado
Spencer Smallman with his second of the night with the feeds from Olausson and Ahcan. Solid effort from Malinski to get the play going. #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/Blc3b6T5F0
2nd period impressions: When it rains it pours. Four goals in the period for the Eagles to have a 3-2 lead. Eagles keeping the pace on their shots on goal and are keeping the pressure on the Wild. Play smart hockey and out of the box #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado
Alex Beaucage sends a feed to Ivan Ivan in the middle and a pretty goal for the two goal lead. Cory Schueneman with the secondary assist. #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/WypWtOBI12
Spencer Smallman follows the shot in for the rebound and his second of the season. Olausson and Stienburg with the assists and Eagles regain the lead. #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/sPGNoLqOrI
14:23 left in the 2nd and the Eagles have killed a penalty and now will head to the PP themselves for the third time tonight #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado
1st period impressions: Eagles are throwing everything but the kitchen sink on net. They are following the shots & are ready for the rebound to take advantage of the secondary shot. Eagles doing a great job moving the puck in the zone #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado
Malinski draws a cross-checking penalty and the Eagles will get their second chance on the PP. They have already scored on the PP tonight. #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado
Brad Hunt with a hard slapper from the blue line that works its way through the crowd. Assists come from Burke and Kero and the Eagles are up 1-0. #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/xrK8lw3bvn
Sam Malinski was out for the first PK unit, already noticing that he is a lot more aggressive towards the play. He has a lot more confidence. #Avs #GoAvsGo📷 #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado
Sam Malinski was out for the first PK unit, already noting that he is a lot more aggressive towards the play. He has a lot more confidence. #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado
Cedric Pare will draw the first whistle of the game with a tripping call and send the Eagles to the PK less than three minutes into the game #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado
Annunen gets the crease again for the third gam in a row. Malinski was able to make the trip in time from STL to Des Moines to play his 2nd game in 22 hours. #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/CWk3eKgP8W
This will be Girard's first game back since November 18th against Dallas #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/KdXx7VDGGU
Three-period takeaways from #stlblues 2-1 loss against #avs included a strong start but coming out of first tied 1-1 probably didn't do period justice; power-play had chance to win game, failed; #avs pounce on fortunate break to claim win: https://t.co/YmZxrmwDcE
Sam Malinski has seen 14 games of NHL action so far. He has 1 goal and 4 assists and averages just over 14 mins of ice time a game. He only saw the penalty box twice. Sam Girard could be making his comeback on Sun. #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/TDDyPVJI71
#Avs top time on ice Defense Cale Makar 24:45 Devon Toews 23:49 Bowen Byram 22:45 Forwards Mikko Rantanen 25:21 Nathan MacKinnon 23:37 Valeri Nichushkin 20:40 #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
MacKinnon's point streak ends but the Avs pull out a gutsy 2-1 win without the top guys needing to do all the work. - Great bounce-back game from Georgiev - Best I've seen Johansen play in weeks - Manson was a beast See ya'll at Ball Arena on New Year's Eve.
Avs manage to pull out the win 2-1 and MacKinnon' streak ends at 19 games #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Wood redirects a dying puck in front of the crease to get the Avs ahead 2-1 with under three minutes left in regulation. Johansen and Nichushkin with the assists #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
That's a gutsy goal. Miles Wood redirects a point shot after a clean faceoff win for Johansen. 2-1 Avs late in the third
Avs win a face-off, shot from the point gets tipped in, 2-1 with 2:54 left. That's tough. #stlblues
Turns out to be a penalty shot! but Makar shut down and game remains tied #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/jPozmU4PFJ
Makar draws a slashing penalty that hopefully will gain some much needed momentum #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
2nd period impressions: #Avs look out of sync today. Missed passes leading to turnovers for the Blues. Avs are lacking confidence right now and it is showing. Lune changes even out sync leading to too many men. MacKinnon point streak on the line #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/ycjEMqR5qi
Avs looked completely lost on the PK, nearly drawn out of position several times in one minute #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Weird transition there, Blues set up a stretch pass to lead to a breakaway and the whistle blows as they take the shot on Georgiev #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Avs are on pace for 14 shots on goal for the entire game #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
1st period impressions: #Avs still look sluggish. They lack the quicker step to puck they usually have over their opponents. Avs need to look for ways to exit their zone along the edge and get the puck deep. Tie game at 1 #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/NwGeUqFPM0
MacKinnon gives the pass away shorthanded to Robert Thomas and he takes off to backhand the puck right over Geogiev to tie the game up with 3:21 left #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Lots and lots of O-zone time for Colorado, which results in a goal for Johansen, 1-0. Sundqvist/Blais lost a board battle that allowed the Avs to keep the puck, but there were plenty other miscues leading up to that. #stlblues
Johansen taps in career goal 200 to get the Avs back to a 1-0 lead with Manson and Drouin adding to the assists. Manson is on a mission tonight #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado
Career goal No. 200 for Ryan Johansen. Avs second shot of the game is a goal. 1-0
The #Avs now have three shots on goal and the third one went in. Ryan Johansen pokes in a rebound. 1-0 Avs, again, for real this time
Ryan Johansen on the doorstep, 1-0 #avs. It all started when two of the #stlblues fourth liners (MacEachern and Blais) lost a wall battle with one player. That can't happen.
Ryan Johansen stuffs home a rebound. 1-0, Avs.
Manson redeems himself by getting the goal and the Avs ahead 1-0. Love that secondary assist but the goal comes back after a review #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/e55qki5egy
Josh Manson makes it 1-0 on the first shot of the game for the Avs. Great pass by Olofsson.
Josh Manson gets his revenge. Brayden Schenn turnover, and Manson walks down the slot. 1-0, Avs.
Starters and final scratches for the #GoAvsGo and #stlblues #Avs @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/8QFurc5gKl
At this time, Girard has not been cleared by the NHLPA to play in games but has been cleared for practices. @jessemontano_ hinted that Girard could be back in the lineup any day now. #Avs #GoAvsGo @TheRinkColorado https://t.co/JD4s5AV7tl
Ivan Ivan scores and gives the Eagles a two goal lead! Jack Ahcan picks up the assist. 4-2 Eagles, 3:44 to go #EaglesCountry #GoAvsGo
Callahan Burke breaks through the defense to net a goal! Tufte picks up his second point of the night with the assist. Eagles take a 3-2 lead with 9:06 to go. #EaglesCountry #GoAvsGo
Halfway through the third period, the Eagles have held the Wild to just one SOG. Still tied up at 2. #EaglesCountry #GoAvsGo
Ondrej Pavel earns a penalty shot and scores! This is his third goal of the year and ties it up at 2. 0:42 left on the Iowa PP. #EaglesCountry #GoAvsGo
That’s it for the first 20! Eagles had several good chances and scored early. They are aggressive in the offensive zone. Annunen looks alright in the net. Both teams have eight SOG, Wild is 1/2 on the PP and holds a 2-1 lead. #EaglesCountry #GoAvsGo
Riley Tufte puts one into the net on a rebound! Callahan Burke and Tanner Kero are credited with assists. It’s Tufte’s first goal since Dec. 1. 11:35 to go and Eagles are ahead 1-0. #EaglesCountry #GoAvsGo
Coyotes pull their goalie and the extra attacker gets the job done. Tied at 4 with 2:07 to go. #Avs #GoAvsGo
4-2 game. Arizona finds an opportunity and shoots a cannon past Georgiev. 15:38 to go. #Avs #GoAvsGo
40 minutes down and #Avs hold onto a 3 goal lead. Offense is dangerous and Georgiev is getting his mojo back. #GoAvsGo
MacKinnon collects his second point of the night and the #Avs are 2/2 on the PP. 4-0. #GoAvsGo
LOC has a sweet wraparound goal to bring it to 3-0. Both teams are tied at 11 SOG. 11:57 to go. #Avs #GoAvsGo
Rantanen gets the first goal on the board! #Avs are 1/1 on the PP. 1:20 to go in the period. #GoAvsGo
#Avs get the first PP of the game with 3:28 to go. Still scoreless. #GoAvsGo
With almost six minutes to go in the period, both teams are scoreless but the #Avs trail by two in SOG. #GoAvsGo
Puck is down! Avs are quick on the attack and Manson had a good SOG. #Avs #GoAvsGo