The Colorado Avalanche and the Minnesota Wild’s game one, became an instant classic with both teams scoring 15 goals with 14 of them coming from 14 different players.
Additionally Nathan MacKinnon has tied with Peter Forsberg for second most career playoff goals behind “Super” Joe Sakic with 58 goals. Sunday’s game will go down in the record books joining a group of playoff games with 15+ goals scored in a postseason game.
The Avalanche came out swinging, scoring 3 goals immediately but the Wild fought back, taking a 5-4 lead in the second. Colorado’s depth ended up being too much for Minnesota scoring five more to Minnesota’s 1 defeating the Wild 9-6.
Game two is scheduled for Tuesday, May 5th (results of the game not available at the time of this writing) however, the Avalanche and Kroenke Sports and Entertainment has canceled their free-but-ticketed Avs Alley playoff watch party outside ball arena due to an impending snow-storm that is expected to bring significant snowfall to the Denver Metro area over the next 24 hours.
Colorado looks to extend their lead to two games, and hope to offer better defense giving Avalanche goalie Scott Wedgewood some relief after he gave up 6 goals in Colorado’s win on Sunday night.
In other sports the Denver Nuggets lost game six to the Minnesota Timberwolves again losing the series 4-2. Fans and critics alike place the losses at the feet of Denver’s head coach David Adelman who took over for Michael Malone after he was let go last season.
Trade rumors have been swirling around the league that Denver may be considering trading “Mr. Nugget,” Aaron Gordon for Cam Johnson however the rumors are just speculation at the moment. The Denver Nuggets window for anther championship run are closing quickly and many believe that the roster isn’t the problem but rather the coaching.
Regardless of what the issue is for the Denver Nuggets, something needs to change next season in order to get this team back in championship form.
The Colorado Rockies lost their three-game series with the Cincinnati Reds last week and were swept by the Braves over the weekend in their three-game series with Atlanta. Colorado kicked off a three-game series with the New York Mets on Monday losing 4-2 at Coors Field. Game two and three are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday (weather permitting).
