Wednesday night at Ball Arena looked like a grim and ugly night for the Colorado Avalanche early in the first period against the Minnesota Wild. The Wild came out swinging scoring goals early and practically skating circles around the Avalanche.
All three goals were scored on Colorado goalie Mackenzie Blackwood who was quickly replaced with Scott Wedgewood.
The Avalanche responded with their first goal by Parker Kelly in the second period with 9 minutes to play. Colorado defenseman Devon Toews scored Colorado’s second goal with less than four minutes left in the game bringing the Avalanche to within one.
Colorado pulled their goalie with less than two minutes to play giving them a 6 on five advantage. Nathan MacKinnon scored the equalizer late in third sending the game to overtime. Avalanche defenseman Brett Kulak scored the game-winning goal in overtime to win the game and send the Avalanche to the Conference Finals.
The Avs will find out if they will play the Las Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night when they face the Anaheim Ducks in game six of their series. If the Ducks win they force a game seven in Las Vegas giving the Avs some much needed time off to tend to the injured.
In other sports the Colorado Rockies thumped the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday afternoon scoring 10 runs beating the Pirates 10-4. Colorado faces the Pirates for game three of their series with Pittsburg before hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks this Friday at Coors field to kick off a three game series.
