We are officially underway.
Avalanche score nearly 10 minutes into the game and it’s Brent Burns. He snapped a shot from the point that deflected off the skate of a Jet defender and it’s 1-0 Colorado.
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Colorado would go on the penalty kill right after, though, as Gabe Landeskog was called for holding Josh Morrissey. The Avs would go on to kill the penalty and it was a complete team effort. Cale Makar forechecked like a beast and Brock Nelson made a key interception to disrupt the Jets’ momentum.
Martin Necas scored off a feed from Nathan MacKinnon on a 2-on-1 rush to give the Avalanche a 2-0 lead with just under five minutes left in the first.
Wedgewood made a highlight-reel save in the closing stages of the first. The puck got underneath of him in the crease and he kicked his left leg out and knocked the puck out of danger.
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Josh Manson laid out Cole Perfetti with a hard hit early in the frame, but Jets forward Tanner Pearson took exception and challenged Manson to a fight. And it went poorly for him, as Manson dropped him with a series of blows.
Mark Scheifele was subsequently penalized for holding MacKinnon and the Avalanche were awarded with a power play.
