The Colorado Avalanche are facing elimination. But that’s not exactly a surprise — they faced elimination last game in Nashville and forced a Game 6 with a thrilling last-minute win. They were facing elimination in Game 82 of the regular season when they hosted the St. Louis Blues.
Hells, they’ve been facing elimination for weeks now. It must be old hat for them by now.
According to the captain, Gabriel Landeskog, that’s partially it in a nutshell:
“We’ve got nothing to lose. We don’t have any more pressure on ourselves than what we put on ourselves.