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The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Minnesota Wild 5-2, showcasing a more physical style of play. With this win, the Avalanche improved to 6-0 in the playoffs and took a 2-0 series lead.
DENVER â Among the many, many things they have done well this season on the way to the NHLâs best 82-game record, and a 6-0 mark in the playoffs so far, the Colorado Avalanche added an element in their 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.
They got physical. Or at least, more physical than some might have expected.
Yes, itâs the playoffs, where the tougher team usually wins. Thatâs something the Dallas Stars are probably thinking about right now, as they work on their chipping and their putting on a Texas golf course somewhere. By Game 6 of the Wildâs first round dispatching of the Stars, Minnesota had clearly worn Dallas down with relentless physical play.
With a commanding 3-1 lead in the final period of Game 2 on Tuesday, less than 20 minutes away from a 2-0 lead in the series, the high-flying Avalanche transitioned to the hard-hitting Avalanche, much to the delight of the sellout crowd at Ball Arena.
Brock Nelson leveled Wild center Ryan Hartman with a hard, but clean, check in front of the Colorado net.
Nathan MacKinnon threw Wild star Matt Boldy, hard and head first, into the corner boards. No call.
Former Wild defenseman Brent Burns threw Kirill Kaprizov hard against the side boards, then followed it up with a kick to an area where no man likes to be kicked.
In a post-whistle scrum, Avalanche center Parker Kelly managed to first inadvertently punch a linesman in the face, then quite advertently punch Boldy in the face, dropping the Wild star to the ice. There were no penalties for either.
Later in the third, with Quinn Hughes doing the quick moves and changes of direction that are so effective and beloved by Wild fans, MacKinnon caught up to him and just knocked Hughes to the ice. The audience erupted, unmuffled by the May snowstorm pelting Denver outside the rink.
The Colorado Avalanche won the game against the Minnesota Wild with a score of 5-2.
The Avalanche have won all six of their playoff games so far this season.
The Avalanche increased their physical play, highlighted by Brock Nelson's hard check on Ryan Hartman.
The Avalanche currently lead the series 2-0 against the Minnesota Wild.
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âIt doesnât hurt. I donât know about setting the tone, but itâs what the game requires this time of the year,â Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said of his teamâs rough and tumble ways. âTheyâre a big, physical team. Yep, I get it. But weâre not small. You look at our top-six. Itâs not small. Weâve got a lot of good guys in there, strong guys that arenât afraid of physicality.â
Kaprizov, who took several strides after the shot below the belt from Burns, trying to stretch his legs and shake off the pain, delivered an unpenalized stick to the face of star Colorado defenseman Cale Makar late in the game, as a friendly reminder that there are no choirboys on either roster.
By the time the final horn sounded, the Wild had been beaten, and pretty thoroughly beaten up.
While nobody in the postgame Wild locker room admitted to frustration sinking in, at least one player said that one of Coloradoâs many, many talents is subtle deception when it comes to drawing penalty calls.
âI think their guys threw their head back a couple times and fooled the refs, to be honest with you,â Wild center Michael McCarron said. âI told (referee Chris) Rooney that. âIf I start throwing my head back, am I gonna get a call?â Um, he didnât like what I said, but I didnât like to call, so, they keep doing that, I mean, weâre gonna do it, too.â
The Wild players talked about having a few days off to rest, to maybe get a little healthier, to get back in their home rink and in front of their home crowd. But down 2-0 to a juggernaut like Colorado, the biggest issue is the continued power outage by the Minnesota power play, and the continued success the Avalanche are having with a Wild player in the penalty box.
If your opponent has confidence that theyâre usually going to score when theyâre a man up, and theyâre not going to pay a price when theyâre a man down, they can play a more physical game, and take the risk that they will be penalized if that penalty wonât cost them on the scoreboard.
âObviously, theyâre a good team over there, and theyâre gonna make plays when we make mistakes, so we got to limit those,â Wild captain Jared Spurgeon said. âAnd I think weâve had our chances as well. So, like I said, we just got to regroup here and take it one game at a time.â
A few days off to ice those Avalanche-imposed abrasions will be good too.