Avs Loose Games 3 and 4

Colorado Avalanche has unfinished business in the state of Minnesota.

At least that is how many of the players on the team are taking Game 6 against the Wild.

The Avs can close out their first-round series with a win on Monday at Xcel Energy Center, a place where they struggled to score goals and generate good scoring opportunities just a few days ago. Colorado leads the series 3-2 but all of its wins have come at Pepsi Center.

Minnesota won Games 3 and 4 on its home ice by scores of 1-0 in overtime and 2-1; not high-scoring affairs, but the Wild did hold a combined 78-34 shot advantage in those contests.

Still, Colorado was just one shot and goal away in those games from a win and forcing overtime.

MacKinnon helped the Avalanche break out of its offensive funk in Game 5 as he scored the overtime-winning goal and added two assists in the 4-3 victory.

Minnesota goaltender Darcy Kuemper entered the series midway through Game 2 and had only one goal against on 48 shots before Game 5. Colorado finally got to the 23-year-old netminder on Saturday by increasing its shots (35) and its quality scoring chances.

Head coach Patrick Roy said his club’s confidence of scoring on Kuemper at home can carry over to the next game in St. Paul.

Source: NHL