Avalanche 1st to advance to 2nd round with sweep of Preds
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Colorado Avalanche are happy they got a bit of a challenge before sweeping the Nashville Predators. Valeri Nichushkin scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:58 left, and the Avalanche became the first team to advance to the second round Monday night beating the Predators 5-3 Monday night. “The big thing is now we can take a breath, get a couple days off for our guys, give them some rest and we’ll still get some real good practice time before we get ready for our next opponent,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. The rookie goalie had to make a save on a short-handed attempt by the Avs on Nashville’s first power play, and Colorado had two more shot attempts than the Predators. We didn’t get a win, so yeah it’s definitely disappointing.” SWEEP TIME The Avalanche also swept St. Louis in the first round of the 2021 playoffs, Vancouver in the Western quarterfinals in 2001 and the 1996 Stanley Cup Final against Florida.
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