Colorado Avalanche v. Calgary Flames
Game Recap:
Game 2 resumes play tonight between the Colorado Avalanche and the Calgary Flames. The first period featured no scoring between the two teams but the physical and rough play certainly was there. There were five penalties between the two teams in the first period. Each team had their power play chances but were unable to convert. After one period of play, the game would be scoreless.
In the second period, both the Avalanche and Flames each got on the scoreboard. While the Flames were on the power play, Matt Nieto of the Avalanche would pick the puck off near the boards and take it down the ice to score on a breakaway shorthanded. Calgary would even the score up on a power play goal by Rasmus Andersson. Heading towards the 3rd period, the score would be tied 1-1.
The third period became very exciting overall. The Calgary Flames thought they had in the game in hand as Sean Monahan scored to give the Flames the lead at the 12:27 mark. However, the Avalanche battled back late in the game to tie the score up 2-2 on a goal by JT Compher at the 17:21 mark to force in overtime.
During the first two minutes and nine seconds of overtime, Ian Cole of the Avalanche was called for cross-checking. The Avalanche were able to kill the penalty and gave themselves the opportunity to remain in the game. Moments later, Avalanche superstar and captain Nathan MacKinnon, scored the game-winning goal in overtime to help even the series at one game apiece. The Colorado Avalanche host the Calgary Flames on Monday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO.
Lineups:
Colorado Avalanche:
Forwards:
Gabriel Landeskog-Nathan MacKinnon- Alexander Kerfoot
Mikko Rantanen-Carl Soderberg-Colin Wilson
Matt Nieto- Derek Brassard- JT Compher
Matt Calvert- Tyson Jost- Gabriel Bourque
Defensemen
Sam Girard – Erik Jonson
Nikita Zadarov – Tyson Barrie
Ian Cole – Patrik Nemeth
Goalies:
Starter- Phillip Grubauer
Backup- Semyon Varlamov
Scratches: Andrew Agozzino, Sven Andrighetto, Vladislav Kamenev, Mark Babeiro, Ryan Graves
Calgary Flames:
Johnny Gaudreau – Sean Monahan- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk – Mikael Backlund – Michal Frolik
Sam Bennett – Mark Jankowski – James Neal
Andrew Mangiapane – Derek Ryan -Garnet Hathaway
Defensemen:
Mark Giordano – TJ Brodie
Noah Hanafin – Travis Hamonic
Oscar Fantenberg – Rasmus Andersson
Goalies:
Starter- Mike Smith
Backup- David Rittich
Scratches: Austin Czarnik, Dillon Dube, Alan Quine, Oliver Kylington, Dalton Prout
First Period:
Calgary penalty-4:34- Mike Smith, 2 minutes for roughing
Colorado Penalty-4:34- Derrick Brassard, 2 minutes for roughing
Colorado Penalty-10:26- Derrick Brassard, 2 minutes for slashing
Calgary Penalty-13:45- Derek Ryan, 2 minutes for holding
Calgary Penalty-20:00- Sam Bennett, 2 minutes for roughing
End of 1st – COL – 0 CGY – 0
Shots 15 10
Faceoffs 12/25 10/21
Hits 10 11
PP 0/1 0/1
Second Period:
Colorado Penalty-5:30-Gabriel Bourque, 2 minutes for hooking
Colorado Goal (shorthanded)-7:16- Matt Nieto (1) unassisted
Calgary Penalty-9:31- Mike Smith, 2 minutes for delay of game
Colorado Penalty-11:38- Derrick Brassard, 2minutes for tripping
Calgary Goal (power play)-12:26-Rasmus Andersson (1) assisted by Sam Bennett (2) & TJ Brodie (1)
Calgary Penalty-17:28- Rasmus Andersson, 2 minutes for holding
End of 2nd – COL – 1 CGY – 1
Shots 27 20
Faceoffs 19/42 23/42
Hits 13 14
PP 0/4 1/3
Third Period:
Colorado Penalty-6:40-Patrik Nemeth, 2 minutes for holding
Calgary Penalty-6:40- Johnny Gaudreau, 2 minutes for embellishment
Colorado Penalty-9:21-Nikita Zadorov, 2 minutes for interference
Calgary Goal-12:27-Sean Monahan (1) assisted by Sam Bennett (3) & Johnny Gaudreau (1)
Colorado Goal-17:21- JT Compher (1) assisted by Grabiel Landeskog (1) & Mikko Rantanen (1)
End of 3rd – COL – 2 CGY – 2
Shots 37 30
Faceoffs 22/60 38/60
Hits 19 21
PP 0/4 1/4
Overtime:
Colorado Penalty-2:09- Ian Cole, 2 minutes for cross checking
Colorado Goal-8:27- Nathan MacKinnon (1) assisted by Mikko Rantanen (2) & Ian Cole (1)
End of OT – COL – 3 CGY – 2
Shots 39 37
Faceoffs 25/71 46/71
Hits 20 24
PP 0/4 1/5
Next Up:
Game Three – Monday April 15th, 2019 @ 10:00pm
*Series is tied 1-1
