That play needed to be reviewed to verify it was not a definite kicking movement, which might have negated it.
By the letter of the rule, you may need been in a position to argue that he did kick it, however that is additionally a type of conditions the place frequent sense has to prevail. There isn’t a method that act was carried out deliberately, and definitely not with the intent of scoring.
Bizarre bounce. Fortunate bounce for the Avalanche.
Stars’ accidents are going to be an issue
The Stars entered the playoffs on a seven-game shedding streak, and weren’t in a position to snap it on Saturday night time.
It was not for a scarcity of effort.
It was additionally not essentially as a result of they performed poorly.
The sport was rather a lot nearer than the ultimate rating would have you ever imagine.
This was the mixture of Colorado enjoying even higher, Avalanche goalie MacKenzie Blackwood enjoying excellent and the Stars additionally being with out two of their finest gamers in ahead Jason Robertson and defenseman Miro Heiskanen.
This collection was at all times going to be a 50-50 coin flip if each groups have been wholesome given how good each groups are and the way evenly matched they’re. However the Stars are clearly not wholesome in the mean time, and never having their finest ahead (Robertson) and defenseman (Heiskanen) goes to be rather a lot to beat. It may be an excessive amount of.
Colorado must be inspired by MacKenzie Blackwood
Goaltending has been the massive query mark for Colorado for a few years now, however they appear to have discovered an answer after buying Blackwood earlier this season.
Even so, he entered Saturday having by no means appeared in an NHL playoff recreation. Till a goalie does, there may be at all times going to be some uncertainty on how they are going to deal with it.
Colorado must be inspired with Blackwood’s efficiency in that context as he stopped 23 of the 24 Dallas pictures he confronted. The one purpose he allowed got here on a play the place he misplaced his stick.
