Initial observations from the Avalanche’s 2-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken in Game 7 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series.
Many of the players wearing Burgundy and Blue for the Avs over the last four years have a championship ring for their blood, sweat and tears. Philipp Grubauer doesn’t, so after watching Colorado win a Stanley Cup without him last spring after he manned the net here from 2018-21, pulling the upset in this series had to feel sweet. For much of the opening period, our old pal Gruby was running out of heads upon which to stand.
The Avs went into Game 7 just 1 for 17 on power play goals before Nathan MacKinnon’s laser one-timer doinked off Mikko Rantanen and past Grubauer at the end of the second period to snap a three-game scoring drought with the extra man. The defending champs’ PP goal was their first since Rantanen found the back of the net in Game 4. The Avs were 7 for 16 — 43.8% — in the first round vs. Nashville in the spring of ’22. Colorado led NHL playoff teams in ratio of power-play makes — 32.
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