Top-seeded Nashville wasn’t too hospitable to the visiting Avalanche, beating Colorado twice in the Music City to take a 2-0 lead in their opening-round playoff series. The Avs have now lost 12 straight games to the Predators.
Colorado returns home to the Pepsi Center on Monday where it finished 28-11-2 in the regular season. And it’s going to need some of that Mile High magic if it wants to avoid elimination.
History hasn’t been kind to teams that have fallen behind in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. There have only been to win the series, according to hockey-reference.com. And just 28 times from a 3-1 uphill battle. Colorado knows the pain of the latter, losing to the Oilers in ’98 and the Wild in ’03 after being up in the series.
Win twice and it’s a whole new ballgame. Lose on Monday and the door is all but shut for the Avs’ season.
— , The Denver Post
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What’s on tap?
- MLB: Rockies at Pirates, 5 p.m. Monday, ATTRM | Pitching matchup |
- NHL: Predators at Avalanche, 8 p.m. Monday, ALT/NBCSN | Preview |
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Scoreboard
MLB: Rockies 6, Nationals 5
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Quick Hits
+ Inside the evolution of Rockies’ all-star center fielder Charlie Blackmon, the major league leadoff man no one saw coming.
+ Mark Kiszla’s latest column: The Avalanche’s sad playoff song: Star Nathan MacKinnon looks so lonesome he could cry.
+ Good buddies Charlie Blackmon and DJ LeMahieu are carrying the Rockies.
+ Colorado Avalanche vs. Nashville Predators: Three things to watch for in Game 3.
+ The Nashville Predators know Nathan MacKinnon is the Colorado Avalanche’s only hope.
+ Nine Colorado Avalanche players make their Stanley Cup Playoffs debut in the Nashville series.
+ Will the Avalanche ever beat the Predators?
By The Numbers
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Parting Shot
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