| 04 March 2010
In their eternal quest to prove that a 2 goal lead really is the worst lead in hockey, the Colorado Avalanche stormed back in a game they were down 2-0 and severely outplayed. They scored 4 unanswered goals and won 4-3.
- Let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way. The Avs were horrific in the 1st period - outshot 14 - 2. Andy was stellar and somehow managed to only give up 1 goal over that stretch.
- Sacco put Mueller and Liles on the points on the 1st PP group and that group scored 3 PP goals.
- I’d love to see a comparison of Avs PP % with Liles in the lineup and without Liles in the lineup. I’d be willing to bet the numbers say the Avs is 5-10% better with Liles.
- Andy nearly single-handedly killed the 6 PIM late in the 3rd. In fact, only Scott Hannan could score on him.
- Altitude did a great job showing how badly the lineman missed that Selanne and Koivu were a WAY offside on the Ducks 2nd goal. It looked like the Women’s Gold Metal game out there.
- Anaheim takes some really dumb penalties. The one Brown took by hitting Salei on an icing play that directly lead to the Avs tying goal was pretty unforgivable.
- You know that “Rookie wall” that Duchene hasn't hit? Well, I think its safe to say that O’Reilly has.
- Speaking of Duchene - I’m going with “Matty“, not “Dutchy“.
- Kyle Quincey was a healthy scratch. He was pretty awful in the game against Detroit and his play has been a notch below where it should be for a little while now. I fully expect him to be back tonight.
- Stephane Yelle will wear #18. Brian Willsie just got his number stolen - the curse lives!
Next game: Thursday, at Phoenix, 7PM MST.
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