Well, that was nerve-wracking. This is the Colorado Avalanche team that left it until game 82 of the regular season to qualify for the playoffs, so of course, they waited until the final four minutes last night.
Trailing late in the game - despite an incredible performance from Andrew Hammond - it was starting to feel like this was going to be the last game of the season. That is until the Big-3 did what they’ve been doing all season. Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, and Gabriel Landeskog put the team on their back and wouldn’t let the season die.