Grabbing the win was Philipp Grubauer, who stopped 19 of the 22 shots that he faced to improve to 7-4 with a 2.23 GAA in the playoffs this year and 8-5 with a 2.66 GAA in the postseason in his career. The Avalanche had to knock off the top seed in the West, Calgary, in the first round and has never led in this series with the Sharks taking all the odd-numbered games and Colorado answering after that. "'Get off the ice.' If I could have done something different on that play, I would have jumped the boards a lot quicker", Landeskog told reporters.
Now that the Sharks have been forced into another ultimate game after missing a chance to eliminate Colorado in an overtime loss on the road, they are hopeful of getting their leader back on the ice for the first time since then.
"You know, you're nearly speechless", coach Peter DeBoer said.
I rarely go into skater-vs. -skater matchups when breaking down a game, but tonight's tilt features a mono e mono so compelling that it deserves some column inches. "It was a big group effort out there".
The Avalanche were hoping to receive a spark from a comeback by one of their own impact sorts, although MacKinnon only missed a 14-minute chunk of Wednesday's opening period. MacKinnon has the talent to completely transform the game.
By the time he returned after receiving an injection to numb the pain, his team was trailing by two.
While they couldn't take the ice with their Silicon Valley brethren, they did get the crowd fired up for the Sharks' walk out to take the ice.
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One more update: Here is the official explanation for the ruling on the play: "After reviewing all available replays and consulting with the Linesman, the Situaion Room determined that Gabriel Landeskog did not legally tag up at the blue line prior to the puck entering the offensive zone". I'll side with the Sharks and the reasonable price. Mikko Rantanen has five goals and eight assists over the last 10 games for Colorado.
"We knew it wasn't supposed to be easy, nobody said it was going to be", Landeskog said. And by "most success", I mean their only success. "Am I glad they called it that way?" he asked. "We're taking everything into play".
It seems clear that Landeskog's skate touched the blue line with the puck outside of the zone, but if the call were chose to be inconclusive, the call on the ice would stand, which would have meant a 2-2 tie in the second period.
To use the old adage, Pavelski "took one for the team" and the Sharks are eternally grateful for that.
It should come as little surprise Pavelski was among those on the ice as the hosts tried to close it out in the final minute. The San Jose Sharks have won seven of their last 10 games as a home favorite and should be a lot more composed in this contest considering they just won a game seven home game against the Las Vegas Golden Knights.
This one could come back to bite the National Hockey League.
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