The Avalanche’s three-game sample against the Seattle Kraken wasn’t actually the most relevant data to Jared Bednar’s first-round playoff preparation and perspective.
Three close games. One decided by one goal in the third period, another in overtime, another in a shootout. But….
“We played them early (in the season), and then we played them on two back-to-backs,” Bednar said before Game 1 when asked what he learned about the Kraken in those regular-season matchups. “So I didn’t feel like our energy level was where it could have been.”
How ’bout now?
There was nothing faulty about the Avs’ effort or energy Tuesday in a 3-1 Game 1 loss.