- Logan O'Connor scored for the first time in a year, Scott Wedgewood stopped 24 shots in his first Stanley Cup playoffs start and the top-seeded...
O'Connor's third-period tally was his first since Game 4 of a playoff series against Dallas on April 26. He missed most of this season with a hip injury.in early June. "For us, our game translates well to the playoffs.
It's a lot of simplicity and muck it up and just wear teams down. It was nice to get that one out of the way and finish the job off."after leading the league in goals-against average and save percentage. Wedgewood made four career playoff appearances in relief before Sunday's start. At 33 years, 248 days old, Wedgewood became the third-oldest goaltender in league history to pick up a win in his first career playoff start, according to NHL stats.Mikey Andersonhad an assist on Lehkonen's goal to give him 32 career points in Game 1s. He trails only Joe Sakic for the most Game-1 points in franchise history."We know teams are going to want to push us out of games," said O'Connor, whose team was 0 for 4 on the power play. "We feel as though we can push back just as hard. That's one great thing about our group: the versatility within our locker room. You want to go a 1-0 game? We like to think we can beat you at that. Track meet, if it happens? We've got that. Physicality, we have guys who are willing to step up." Colorado nearly scored earlier in the second when O'Connor sent a shot past Forsberg. But as the goal horn sounded, the officials signaled no goal. It was ruled"I'd like to see it count," Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. "They saw it different - not losing any sleep over it."
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