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Evan Rodrigues’ highlight hit showed Avalanche can swing back at Kraken: “We can make it a real tough series on them.”

Evan Rodrigues is flying around the ice and sending opponents flying.

The Avalanche winger is known more for his elusive puck play than packing a punch, but he brought a showmanship to Game 2 of the playoffs that Ball Arena desperately needed.

“Everything ramps up a little bit in the playoffs,” said Rodrigues, who had postseason experience with Pittsburgh but has never made it past the first round. “You try to do whatever you can to get the team going. And I tried my best to just get the crowd into it a little bit, too.