A 45-0-0 streak ends, and the Avalanche’s scoring touch vanishes in Game 2
The Presidents’ Trophy winner and Stanley Cup favorite suddenly can't find the net. Missing star Cale Makar for the second straight game, the Colorado Avalanche blew a late lead in a stunning 3-1 Game 2 loss Friday night to the Vegas Golden Knights, who are halfway to winning the Western Conference as the series shifts to Las Vegas. “It stings for sure right now, but tomorrow we’ll wake up, have a meeting, fly to Vegas and regroup,” Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog said.
DENVER (AP) — The Presidents’ Trophy winner and Stanley Cup favorite suddenly can't find the net. Missing star Cale Makar for the second straight game, the Colorado Avalanche blew a late lead in a stunning 3-1 Game 2 loss Friday night to the Vegas Golden Knights, who are halfway to winning the Western Conference as the series shifts to Las Vegas. It was their first loss in 46 games this season that they took a lead into the third period.
“It stings for sure right now, but tomorrow we’ll wake up, have a meeting, fly to Vegas and regroup,” Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog said. “That's all you can do. ” For much of the night it looked like the Avs would even up the series after dropping the opener 4-2.
Goalie Scott Wedgewood was pitching his first career playoff shutout until surrendering goals to Jack Eichel and Ivan Barbashev a little more than two minutes apart. Barbashev added an empty-netter with just over a minute remaining. “I thought just about every area of our game was better besides maybe the power play,” Landeskog said.
“And then they scored two perfect shots, so yeah, I liked our game a lot. There’s not a lot of comfort in saying that, I guess, after a loss. But at the end of the day we’ll regroup.