St. Louis outshot and outplayed Colorado in a 4-1 Game 2 stunner Thursday night at Ball Arena to tie up the Western Conference semifinals.
It was the Avs’ first loss of the postseason and ended a streak of 8 consecutive postseason victories over the Blues.
Blues winger David Perron had the first and third goals for his club, which played much better than it did in Game 1, when it allowed 54 shots in a losing overtime effort. The Blues limited Colorado to just 19 shots through two periods in Game 2.
“We were bad, we were really bad tonight,” Avs forward Nathan MacKinnon said.