The Preds are toast. Cale Makar is the jam.
Nashville chucked everything at the Avalanche late Thursday night at Ball Arena but Keith Urban’s guitar. Thirty-four blocks? Wasn’t enough. Sticks in the back? Wasn’t enough.
Connor Ingram standing on his absolute, mother-lovin’ head? Wasn’t enough.
“For us, it’s just keep working,” Makar said after firing 12 shots on goal, including the game-winner in overtime, to help power the Avs to a 2-1 overtime victory, setting up a 2-0 series lead going into Saturday’s Game 3 in Music City.
“We felt like we were on them the whole third period.