GDT: R2G1 - Avalanche @ Stars - 7:30PM - Nate Wick

[RECKLESS]

Georgie kept us in it to win it!

Hoo boy, a comeback in that green barn sure is delicious.

And did we ever have the rust, especially in the first! Now we got our legs back and they will basically head to game 9. OT was a small blessing to wear them down more.

 

[BobRossColton]

Parise was a step behind. Lehkonen and Mitts were fine, because defensively they were still solid. Can't wait for Drouin to book the offense.

Add Gabe

 

[NorthernAvsFan]

Ottinger looked beatable tonight.

If both goalies are a little leaky, I’m fine with that.

 

[Go19]

I thought Mittelstadt was good tonight, actually thought Lehkonen really struggled. Dude was on fire in round one, can’t blame him for having one off night though.

Did you miss the Mittlestadt drop pass at center ice? Holy crap - that is so brain dead it erases any positives he did for the night. He probably needed to change his pants after that

 

[drhiii]

Colorado scored 4 unanswered goals tonight!

Hopefully not the MO going forward.

 

[chet1926]

Also got to give credit to George, he shut it down after a strange 1st period and made 4 big time saves in OT.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

I beleive DeBoers will resurrect his anti-Vegas defense next.

It was obvious that the Avs are the faster team. At one point in the 2nd the Stars adjusted to play a NZ 1 -2-2. It didn't work. So in OT, Dallas went back to their pressure 2-1-2 forecheck. Which works except when the Avs recover the puck and start moving the other way with speed..... because all the forwards are behind and chasing the play.

DeBoers has to find a way to slow the Avs game down. Game 2. It will be a chess match.

Georgiev's goal tending performance was key and critical to the Avs success tonight.

1 3 1 and wait for the Avs to do something dumb with their puck management.

 

[CharlesPuck]

Katie asking George to describe the vibe in the room going into OT... lol

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Hopefully not the MO going forward.

Wut?

I mean, hopefully they don't need to but I'm hoping they score all the goals unanswered.

 

[Muffin]

Felt like the Colton Wood line got caved in all night. Of course they’d go and score the ot winner.

 

[Avaholic19]

Kinda wishing I did a little more too but grateful either way. Put $5 on it down 1-0 and then $10 more down 3-0. Made a little over $100 so not complaining at allll.

Don't sweat it. I wish I put 50 down lol but 200 is still good

 

[Puckstop40]

We’re getting worse. We only scored 4 tonight.

 

[BigCKU]

Stars dominated P1. Avs dominated the next really 25-30 minuyes of the game. The final 10-15 minutes of P3 was back and forth. Stars got the ice for majority of OT because the Avs couldn’t win a damn faceoff not so much because Stars just controlled the nuetral zone. What a 3rd period and OT from Georgie. Very intrigued to see how the teams come out G2. Avs got their skates under them after the P1. Usually not a good sign for opponents.

 

[CharlesPuck]

We’re getting worse. We only scored 4 tonight.

only 3 in regulation too.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

going over to our competition to say hello, welcome to the series

 

[The Moops]

Boys are coming back this game. We'll get some PPs and Nuke is going to get loose. He has his legs. Makar going to score one too

Quoted for being a psychic

 

[flyfysher]

I knew coming into this series we should of had the advantage game 1. We are just so different from Vegas, it was going to be hard for Dallas to adjust. Take away the sluggish 1st period and unlucky bounces and we possibly win something like 3-1.

It will be interesting to see what Dallas does moving forward now that they have seen the Avs speed and gameplan.

You don’t think the Avs were lucky to escape in OT?

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

Did you miss the Mittlestadt drop pass at center ice? Holy crap - that is so brain dead it erases any positives he did for the night. He probably needed to change his pants after that

Yeah but I also noticed his outstanding recovery during a breakout scrum along the boards in the Avs zone in the 2nd. That extra effort he made to recover the puck prevented the Starr from attacking from the boards to the house.

Casey wasn't spectacular. But he did his job well and wasn't a detriment either.

 

[nammerus]

Felt like the Colton Wood line got caved in all night. Of course they’d go and score the ot winner.

They were absolutely smoked. Colton is a truly mediocre 3rd line center if there’s no one doing some heavy defensive lifting on the wing.

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

This reminds me of the Vegas series. After a game 2 OT win where the Avs were getting manhandled and outplayed. Vegas came back and cruised to 4 straight wins when the Avs couldn't adapt.

Bednar needs to make some big changes for next game.

I listened to the 1st 2 periods, watched the 3rd & OT. The last 12ish mins of P3-OT brought back heavy 2021 VGK series vibes.

I think this team has more grit & mettle, but eff me, that was a heaping helping of stressful deja vu.

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

You don’t think the Avs were lucky to escape in OT?

Was Gerogiev lucky? Or was he on his game (for a change)?

 

[expatriatedtexan]

They were absolutely smoked. Colton is a truly mediocre 3rd line center if there’s no one doing some heavy defensive lifting on the wing.

This might be the reason why Tampa used him as a winger?

 

[drhiii]

Wut?

I mean, hopefully they don't need to but I'm hoping they score all the goals unanswered.

Yeah you're right.. screwed up logic. 100% unanswered Avs goals agin the stars would be dandy.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Hopefully not the MO going forward.

I mean why not score 4 straight every game. And concentrate on not giving up the first 3.

I should be a head coach. I'm a genius.

 

[BrickNHL]

They were absolutely smoked. Colton is a truly mediocre 3rd line center if there’s no one doing some heavy defensive lifting on the wing.

He leaves A LOT to be desired defensively but 40 points with physicality is not mediocre.