Penalties took the Avs out of their rhythm on Friday night. The same mistakes can't be made again on Sunday. One of five things to watch for in Game 6, from MikeChambers
TAMPA, Fla. — The Avalanche has its second opportunity to win the Stanley Cup, this time in Game 6 on Sunday night at Amalie Arena. Here are five things to watch.The Avs, who are looking to win the Cup for the second time in Florida , are a league-best 8-1 on the road this postseason and have clinched their previous three series outside Denver. If they continue to play with that confidence and swagger at Amalie Arena the Stanley Cup might make it to the ice postgame.
And in overtime, Colorado has been nearly perfect, going 5-1 to tie the 1996 Cup-winning team for the most OT wins in a playoff year. Perhaps the Avs are destined to win the Cup in a stressful environment on the road.Is it time to reunite center Nathan MacKinnon with wingers Gabe Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen? The often-called MGM Line has been intact at times this postseason – including late in Game 4 – but it might be time to win or lose with the heralded trio at even-strength.
Avalanche coach Jared Bednar likes having Rantanen and fellow Finn Lehkonen together on the wings but Rantanen had just one shot in Game 5 and Lehkonen didn’t have any. It might be time for Bednar to stack the MacKinnon line with the two wingers most familiar with No. 29, who has yet to score a goal in this series with his stick. Something is off with the top six at even strength so perhaps Bednar will go back to what has worked so well in the past four years.
Third-line center J.T. Compher is bound to have a better Game 6 after taking high-sticking and holding minors in Game 5. And second-line center Nazem Kadri’s hooking infraction on the back check through the neutral zone wasn’t necessary. If the Avs play more disciplined and only take penalties that they have to — the ones that prevent scoring opportunities — the flow will go.
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