OGame Recap
Tonight, Game 3 takes the Colorado Avalanche back home to the Pepsi Center to square off against the Calgary Flames. The first period certainly was very interesting for the Colorado Avalanche. The Avalanche jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Nathan MacKinnon scored twice on the power play. However, the biggest story of the first period featured rookie Cale Makar scoring his first National Hockey League goal in the Stanley Cup playoffs. It has been a crazy and interesting last few days for the rookie as he won the Hobey Baker award on Friday night as the top college hockey player. On Saturday, Makar appeared in the NCAA Championship game v.s eventual champions Minnesota Deluth. Sunday, Cale Makar signed his entry-level deal with the Avalanche so he could play and replace the injured defenseman, Sam Girard. After the first period, the Colorado Avalanche would lead 3-0 over the Calgary Flames.
In the second period, the Avalanche kept their scoring up as they struck twice. Matt Nieto scored his second shorthanded goal of these series and Mikko Rantanen added his first goal of the playoffs. Calgary would get on the board on a Sam Bennett power play goal. After two period, the Avalanche would lead 5-1 over the Flames.
The third period saw each team trade goals as Erik Johnson scored for the Avalanche and TJ Brodie scored for the Flames. The Avalanche shut down the Flames for the remainder of the game and claimed the victory 6-2. The Avalanche now lead the series 2-1 heading into Game 4 on Wednesday night.
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
Ian Cole – Erik Jonson
Nikita Zadarov – Tyson Barrie
Cale Makar – Patrik Nemeth
Goalies:
Starter- Phillip Grubauer
Backup- Semyon Varlamov
Scratches: Andrew Agozzino, Sven Andrighetto, Vladislav Kamenev, Mark Babeiro, Ryan Graves, Sam Girard
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 Highlights
Colorado Goal-16:02-Cale Makar (1) assisted by Nathan MacKinnon (1) & Alex Kerfoot (1)
Second Period Highlights:
3rd Period Highlights:
Final Stats:
Next Up:
Game 4- Wednesday April 17th, 2019 @ 10pm
(Colorado leads the series 2-1)
