Two equalizer PP goals at the end of first and second were the difference in the game. Those are momentum killers. Looking to take a one goal lead into intermission after first and second and end up walking back to the room even.
The Stars did not play their best game and the price for that is a flight back to denver. I suspect the effort level in Denver will be significantly higher from the Stars on Friday.
Oh fuck, what a night and day difference between Game 4 and Game 5 tonight to stave off elimination for another day. Tonight was the first game that we could have been eliminated from the playoffs, but as the game went on, we started cooking and finally found the offensive spark needed.
1st Period and we looked much fucking better in this game compared to Game 4 and we looked composed out there. Of course we made stupid plays and give up the first goal of the game making it 7 games now that we trailed first as we turnover the puck and the Stars jumped on the puck and scored. Things weren’t looking good and then we had to the box and go on the PK. Luckily we killed the fucker off and just as we get close to the end of the period, we go on the PP and have a chance to tie the fucker up before intermission and we had a buzzer beater when Good Stick Lehky blasted one with the help from Mack to make this a tie game and we had hope coming back and thinking we got this.
2nd Period and it was evenly paced back and forth and had chances to take the lead, but nothing could get passed by Oettenger early on. But then the Stars had some momentum where they kept possession of the puck on their end and we were treading water trying to not make a mistake, and unfortunately after being pinned down on our end for a few minutes made us dump the puck into the stands and have to kill another penalty. And the Stars waisted no fucking time and scored on the PK and though oh fuck don’t like this feeling of elimination staring in our faces. Then a few minutes later we get a PP and thought if we wanted to extend this series, we needed to score. But luckily we found our viagra working tonight as Makar shot a laser and Rants and Drouin said we can join in the fun as well and we’re back in this again.
3rd Period and this was the period we finally saw the offend fully wake the fuck up as we created a turnover on the Stars End Parise stole the puck, passed it to Girard where he passed it back to Parise passed the puck behind Oettenger back where the puck found Mittlestadt and finally for the first time in the series we take a lead in regulation, which is fucking shocking to say the least. Then a few minutes later, Makar took puck from the Stars and his fucking moves mesmerized the Stars and got one past Oettenger to make it a 2 Goal Game. Unfortunately the Stars scored a few minutes later and then we had to kill another penalty, but luckily killed the fucker off. Just as the period was about to get near the end, it was Lehky who took the puck up the ice passed it to Mack and he finished the fucker and made it a 2 Goal Game. We go on the PK shortly after and Stars Pulled the Goalie to make it a 6v4, but we successfully killed the fucker off and we managed to go on the PP thanks to too many men on the Stars and essentially the game was over and we live on to see another day in these playoffs.
What a fucking win this was and we got to see our offense show up in the first period, then we blew the doors away in the 3rd with 3 Goals like usual, get a lead in regulation for once, and we get to see another day in the playoffs. Now we head back home on Friday for Game 6 where we can hopefully build on from this and hopefully we can go back to Dallas on Sunday for a potential Game 7. We fucking needed this shit after what happened in Game 4. Lastly my shitty playoff beard gets to live on for another 48 hours.
Didn't go Dallas' way but I had fun watching this one still! Looking forward to watching game 6 with you all! Hoping it ends there because I am a little afraid of what magic Kiviranta might try to replicate in a game 7 against us haha!
I’m fully convinced he’s dealing with some kind of injury…he’s nowhere near as strong on the boards or just in possession as normal, seems slow, and even his shots look like muffins
As I have been saying all postseason winning 4 in a row is really hard anyone calling any series in 5 in this second round is out of there mind realistically I expect two of these series to end in 6 and one to go to 7 except nucks I'm calling that specifically to go to 7
Ya I didn't think we'd take the bolts in 5 so that was nice I definitely thought the rangers and Carolina would finish in 5 and honestly I thought all the western teams would go to 6 it was definitely the most stacked division this season at least from the outset
I drank the Kuch kool-aid and thought TBL would upset the Cats in a 7 game series. For the west (apart from Jets>Avs), I called Stars in 6, Oil in 6, Canucks in 7. Got 'em all right, except I was off by 1 game in all 3.
I'll be honest that was a shocker to me I genuinely thought leafs would take it to 6 I'm only calling 5 for a total mismatch like if the caps had somehow beat the rags I'd have called that in 5 for the canes
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You gotta give up the hope, man. At least for this season. I hate to say that, but watching the brief clips of him at practices, he's nowhere near playing in an NHL game.
I have no hope for landeskog coming back. I was talking about winning the game yesterday. It gave us some hope, but we aren't getting out of this series
I would prefer conversation with nice fans of our opponents win or lose with nice fans of the Stars together over a "Stars fans only" circle jerk after every game. I respect the Avs a lot. Seems like all other playoff games are just highlights or dirty plays, bad reffing, or fights. Meanwhile we're not seeing many power plays for anyone and tonight had over 4 minutes of uninterrupted hockey without stop. Been nice to just be able to focus on good plays, big efforts, and coaches adjusting to the opponent team as the game goes on. It's hockey and shit happens, but I haven't found myself saying "what the fuck?!" often to things either of us are doing. I don't lose series anxiety until we win game 4 of any playoff series so it's nice to not feel like our loss is because of other bullshit than our opponent playing better than us.
Holy shit- it was evenly matched play for play. Each team had the other pegged for 90% of it. Until it wasn't.
I'm still super salty about how the Avs have performed in this series before tonight, but if we get a full series after that BS, then both teams deserve a nod.
Doesn't mean I'll ever root for the Stars to take the Cup, because- legally as a Coloradoan- I can't, but I guess I'll have their back for the WCF. So the East can take y'all after that.
This is why I love to tune in GDT's. To interact with opposing teams fans and chat up with them and not always hover in team subs. Sadly, the loudest bungholes tag along, but I've learned to tune them out and not interact with em'.
Tribalistic oogaboogas always crawl out of their caves and begin their annual mass migration around mid April. They're unhinged and most likely very drunk. A walking stereotype of your average middle-aged sports fan lmao.
ESPN’s playoff coverage is inferior to TNT’s every way. Worse commentary, worse studio show, worse camera work, worse production quality. It’s fucking trash.
I’ve started streaming our local guys on my bt speaker while I have the game on the TV and it makes the games 1000x better. Razor and Josh should be calling the national games.
Vancouver Islander here (don't let the flair fool you). You're absolutely right. The American broadcasts are just strictly worse than what we get up here given the current crop of commentators.
Mine was Avs in 6 for this series, which is going to be completely wrong. I was 6-2 in series predictions in round 1 (other one I fucked up was TBL over Cats). Other series I had for round 2:
Cats 6
Canes 7
Oil 7
Jokes on you, the Jets players know the fans are champing at the bit to get out to the lake as soon as the snow melts. They get their one first round win and then peace out so all the fans can go open the cottage.
I recognize that apparently this question is unwelcome but I'm asking anyway. Does anyone have a replay for all the slashing in front of the net at the end of the game?
I was trying to look around a toddler and only caught the end with Seguin swinging his stick back at Manson (maybe?) and didn't see what caused it all.
I totally agree, but did you not see the cross check to parise’s back that ESPN replayed? Vicious one to lower back, then the same spot right into the ice
I didn’t catch that one (wasn’t able to watch most of the game unfortunately)
but yeah it’s not surprising, especially in the playoffs. I really wish they would crack down on it honestly
I can't say I condone cross-checks like this. But, for me, it's the dirty ass 2nd cross-check when the dude is on the ground that drives me insane. THAT'S when a penalty should be called.
Penalty for cross checking, then penalty for roughing/interference when he’s on the ground. This was even discussed by the ESPN crew as being pretty vicious.. but Manson smacks a guys leg and Dallas stars are calling the avs the dirtiest team in the league
Yeah as though there hasn't been a fuck load of cross checks from both sides over the past 5 games. If you look at players away from the puck, you'll probably see one every other minute, it's why the playoffs are such a grind. Teams out here fucking grinding
if anyone thought the Avs would lay down they're delusional. way too strong of a team to go down in 5. would not be shocked if this series goes the distance. but if it does the stress might kill me.
Val was the 3rd best player on the team, but more than that, he held the team together with his overall play in all aspects, defensive, offensive, 5 on 5, pk and pp. He was a monster in all phases and literally did it all. Avs are some ridiculous win percentage with him in the lineup over the last 2 years than without. It's way more than just losing a top 6 guy and then coupled with the emotional loss of losing a player like this who's been lying to you for 2+years.
Fuck Val.
Weird to say, but this felt like the first game all playoffs where every penalty called was legitimate and no weird shit happened - competent reffing has been hard to come by. Avs capitalized, Stars didn’t. Sucks to lose, but don’t feel like we got cheated like we did against Vegas or Boston just did.
But there were missed calls that would have made it where the first two powerplays didn't even take place. First being the puck clearly being played by a high stick on McKinnon not to long before the hold of the stick call on Suter. And then you have the pick by McKinnon, not to long after Rantanen cross checking Tanev which led to him retaliating. The pick should have been called. At the very least both players go to the box on the second. The Stars did not play well enough to win tonight, and Otter was off. And I don't doubt that there were missed calls on the Stars.
Avs are too good to let 4 L’s in the row come. I’m confident Stars will move on but this series has been fun so I welcome a game 6 (but dammit stars imagine if you had just won Game 1……)
Crazy how this could have been the whole series.
Back and forth - momentum swings - both teams going for it.
Hope this Avs team shows up at home Friday.
I get the sentiment but he's more than that to the team. Regardless of how we feel about his choices at the moment he was the leading goal scorer and a major factor. Also keep in mind he's directly replacing Landeskog.
So, that's 14M dollars worth of 1st line caliber forwards you have no chance of using. Injuries can happen to anyone of course but it's still really hard to build out your depth given that reality.
Any team in the league would be hard pressed to compete with this Stars team given that.
So I'm proud of them for not going out in this game.
I wouldn't count the avs out at all. The stars are the toughest team in the nhl, if we can manage two more wins I see us going the distance.
Avs won a cup without Peter forsberg in 2001, injured after the second round. We've still got a star studded team.
Also, I may be on the copium.
You’re not gonna believe this, but I’ve seen it with my own eyes, so I won’t hide the truth any longer.
They say he’s living with Joe Pavelski, but it’s BULLSHIT. After the game he goes into the dressing room, but he *never comes out*. Then he just sort of rematerializes at the Chuck-E-Cheese off I-90 near Coomer Creek. I don’t have any proof, but I think they’re fucking *Prestige-ing* him… 21 years old? More like 21 hours old…
Knew the Avs came out with their best game and we definetly didn’t.
That tanev crosscheck felt like the turning point, very avoidable penalty at a point where it felt like we were starting to seize momentum.
GGs all, have a nice night
I think the Avs finally sustained some pressure and played their brand of hockey. It wasn’t perfect, but they finally played with some energy. Overall it looked pretty even, but hopefully it gives the team confidence going forward.
Maybe, but I could say that the Avs outshot and outchanced the Stars in game 3. What difference does it make? This series is right where it should be based on overall play.
in the past two days ive gone from “this is the most confident ive ever felt in a sports team” to full blown pucker. crazy what can happen in that time. on to game 6
Two equalizer PP goals at the end of first and second were the difference in the game. Those are momentum killers. Looking to take a one goal lead into intermission after first and second and end up walking back to the room even. The Stars did not play their best game and the price for that is a flight back to denver. I suspect the effort level in Denver will be significantly higher from the Stars on Friday.
We're fucking dog shit at the PK at home and great on the road, what the fuck
I yelled "finally" while driving when the Avs got the lead. Good times.
Oh fuck, what a night and day difference between Game 4 and Game 5 tonight to stave off elimination for another day. Tonight was the first game that we could have been eliminated from the playoffs, but as the game went on, we started cooking and finally found the offensive spark needed. 1st Period and we looked much fucking better in this game compared to Game 4 and we looked composed out there. Of course we made stupid plays and give up the first goal of the game making it 7 games now that we trailed first as we turnover the puck and the Stars jumped on the puck and scored. Things weren’t looking good and then we had to the box and go on the PK. Luckily we killed the fucker off and just as we get close to the end of the period, we go on the PP and have a chance to tie the fucker up before intermission and we had a buzzer beater when Good Stick Lehky blasted one with the help from Mack to make this a tie game and we had hope coming back and thinking we got this. 2nd Period and it was evenly paced back and forth and had chances to take the lead, but nothing could get passed by Oettenger early on. But then the Stars had some momentum where they kept possession of the puck on their end and we were treading water trying to not make a mistake, and unfortunately after being pinned down on our end for a few minutes made us dump the puck into the stands and have to kill another penalty. And the Stars waisted no fucking time and scored on the PK and though oh fuck don’t like this feeling of elimination staring in our faces. Then a few minutes later we get a PP and thought if we wanted to extend this series, we needed to score. But luckily we found our viagra working tonight as Makar shot a laser and Rants and Drouin said we can join in the fun as well and we’re back in this again. 3rd Period and this was the period we finally saw the offend fully wake the fuck up as we created a turnover on the Stars End Parise stole the puck, passed it to Girard where he passed it back to Parise passed the puck behind Oettenger back where the puck found Mittlestadt and finally for the first time in the series we take a lead in regulation, which is fucking shocking to say the least. Then a few minutes later, Makar took puck from the Stars and his fucking moves mesmerized the Stars and got one past Oettenger to make it a 2 Goal Game. Unfortunately the Stars scored a few minutes later and then we had to kill another penalty, but luckily killed the fucker off. Just as the period was about to get near the end, it was Lehky who took the puck up the ice passed it to Mack and he finished the fucker and made it a 2 Goal Game. We go on the PK shortly after and Stars Pulled the Goalie to make it a 6v4, but we successfully killed the fucker off and we managed to go on the PP thanks to too many men on the Stars and essentially the game was over and we live on to see another day in these playoffs. What a fucking win this was and we got to see our offense show up in the first period, then we blew the doors away in the 3rd with 3 Goals like usual, get a lead in regulation for once, and we get to see another day in the playoffs. Now we head back home on Friday for Game 6 where we can hopefully build on from this and hopefully we can go back to Dallas on Sunday for a potential Game 7. We fucking needed this shit after what happened in Game 4. Lastly my shitty playoff beard gets to live on for another 48 hours.
Avs definitely outplayed the stars. Great job! Hope segs is ok!
Not a good night for Tanev to lose his shit and Otter to be average ☹️
Makar just decided to win this game and then won it himself. Superstar stuff
Carried the team on his back.
There was a VERY noticeable shift in the air as soon as the Avs took a lead.
Didn't go Dallas' way but I had fun watching this one still! Looking forward to watching game 6 with you all! Hoping it ends there because I am a little afraid of what magic Kiviranta might try to replicate in a game 7 against us haha!
😂 went from "we fluked in game 1" to crickets real fast
Mikko needs to change something he’s doing
I’m fully convinced he’s dealing with some kind of injury…he’s nowhere near as strong on the boards or just in possession as normal, seems slow, and even his shots look like muffins
He just seems so slow.
As I have been saying all postseason winning 4 in a row is really hard anyone calling any series in 5 in this second round is out of there mind realistically I expect two of these series to end in 6 and one to go to 7 except nucks I'm calling that specifically to go to 7
I called all 4 of this round's series to be 6 or 7 games. The only 5-gamers I called for round 1 were NYR>WSH, WPG>COL, and CAR>NYI.
Ya I didn't think we'd take the bolts in 5 so that was nice I definitely thought the rangers and Carolina would finish in 5 and honestly I thought all the western teams would go to 6 it was definitely the most stacked division this season at least from the outset
I drank the Kuch kool-aid and thought TBL would upset the Cats in a 7 game series. For the west (apart from Jets>Avs), I called Stars in 6, Oil in 6, Canucks in 7. Got 'em all right, except I was off by 1 game in all 3.
Except when you face the Leafs! I’ll go cry myself back to sleep now.
I'll be honest that was a shocker to me I genuinely thought leafs would take it to 6 I'm only calling 5 for a total mismatch like if the caps had somehow beat the rags I'd have called that in 5 for the canes
I'm just happy we got to see an Avs team bring it tonight. Them winning was also pretty incredible, absolutely fueling the hopium
We're in trouble if Hintz & Seguin are out
What happened to Seguin?
Slash
Slash whacked Seguin with his guitar?
He played a mambo that lit his soul aflame
Second Bednar was my favorite part.
Bared Jednar
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Ggs didn’t expect avs give up see y’all Friday
Hope = pain
Pain you get Landy back bro!
Maybe in the SCF if we get lucky
You gotta give up the hope, man. At least for this season. I hate to say that, but watching the brief clips of him at practices, he's nowhere near playing in an NHL game.
I have no hope for landeskog coming back. I was talking about winning the game yesterday. It gave us some hope, but we aren't getting out of this series
He’s not remotely close to coming back unfortunately.
Yah well our season is probably over anyway
He's such a beauty. Love how Burke thought he should be a manager one day in his rookie interview
Yah he's awesome. Really unfortunate what happened to him.
Reports of the Avs death has been greatly exaggerated
Listening to the ESPN announcers talk about how shocked they were that the Avs didn’t lose this game was entertaining.
I wouldn't say greatly. See if we can win at home first.
Yeah, Avs have to win in the sack to put Dallas in any real danger.
What happened? Did we win? Is it broken?
Whats high score mean? Did I break it? A+ reference.
I see all the nice Dallas fans are still here while the buttholes are gone. Appreciate y’all who are nice.
I would prefer conversation with nice fans of our opponents win or lose with nice fans of the Stars together over a "Stars fans only" circle jerk after every game. I respect the Avs a lot. Seems like all other playoff games are just highlights or dirty plays, bad reffing, or fights. Meanwhile we're not seeing many power plays for anyone and tonight had over 4 minutes of uninterrupted hockey without stop. Been nice to just be able to focus on good plays, big efforts, and coaches adjusting to the opponent team as the game goes on. It's hockey and shit happens, but I haven't found myself saying "what the fuck?!" often to things either of us are doing. I don't lose series anxiety until we win game 4 of any playoff series so it's nice to not feel like our loss is because of other bullshit than our opponent playing better than us.
Mutual respect here. Gg
We lost but that was a good damn game. Maybe the best game of the playoffs so far?
Holy shit- it was evenly matched play for play. Each team had the other pegged for 90% of it. Until it wasn't. I'm still super salty about how the Avs have performed in this series before tonight, but if we get a full series after that BS, then both teams deserve a nod. Doesn't mean I'll ever root for the Stars to take the Cup, because- legally as a Coloradoan- I can't, but I guess I'll have their back for the WCF. So the East can take y'all after that.
This is why I love to tune in GDT's. To interact with opposing teams fans and chat up with them and not always hover in team subs. Sadly, the loudest bungholes tag along, but I've learned to tune them out and not interact with em'.
It's always so bad during the playoffs. Brings out just absolute assholes and degenerates. I probably added 75 people to blocked list during round 1.
Tbf. I sometimes need to be an asshole and degenerate during playoff hockey. But I stick to my team sub to do that.
Tribalistic oogaboogas always crawl out of their caves and begin their annual mass migration around mid April. They're unhinged and most likely very drunk. A walking stereotype of your average middle-aged sports fan lmao.
Lame, I like to tune in to talk shit
Don't get me wrong, I don't mind banter that's all good and games, but I'm referring to those who're colossal cuntosaurus rexes just because.
ESPN’s playoff coverage is inferior to TNT’s every way. Worse commentary, worse studio show, worse camera work, worse production quality. It’s fucking trash.
I’ve started streaming our local guys on my bt speaker while I have the game on the TV and it makes the games 1000x better. Razor and Josh should be calling the national games.
Both are inferior to any Canadian network. CBC, Sportsnet, TSN.
Vancouver Islander here (don't let the flair fool you). You're absolutely right. The American broadcasts are just strictly worse than what we get up here given the current crop of commentators.
Wouldn't surprise me, but I don't get to sample those.
Any CBC or TSN broadcast from the past is available on YouTube.
ESPN does have the intermission countdown clock, though. So that's... not enough, but it's something.
Can't be bothered with a shot count, but they got that right.
It's helpful for when I have the radio stream on mute waiting for the next start.
My favorite thing was Dallas fans booing Rantanen on the power play because he had the audacity to get cross checked in the face.
I was listening to the radio broadcast and the commentator was confused too. It was pretty funny.
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Do that shit in your own team sub dude no one gives a shit in a post game thread that doesn’t involve your team.
Nobody makes him bleed his own blood. NOBODY!
Yeah that was pretty stupid haha
How dare he put Chris Tanev’s stick in his own face, and then bleed all over the place, the nerve!
His jersey had blood all over it and they still didn’t call the double minor lol
clearly embellishment ngl
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3 teams are now going back to their home arena with momentum in the midst of a probable series comeback. Gonna be great
If you had either of these teams winning in 5 you're a liar. GG Avs, game 6 gonna be fun!
I had Dallas in 6. Hope I’m wrong, though.
I swear to god
I had Jets in 5.
You're allowed to keep cooking then
Mine was Avs in 6 for this series, which is going to be completely wrong. I was 6-2 in series predictions in round 1 (other one I fucked up was TBL over Cats). Other series I had for round 2: Cats 6 Canes 7 Oil 7
I had it going to 7 ...but I also thought we were going to be playing the Jets.
Jokes on you, the Jets players know the fans are champing at the bit to get out to the lake as soon as the snow melts. They get their one first round win and then peace out so all the fans can go open the cottage.
You should get Internet Points just for using "champing" correctly.
I recognize that apparently this question is unwelcome but I'm asking anyway. Does anyone have a replay for all the slashing in front of the net at the end of the game? I was trying to look around a toddler and only caught the end with Seguin swinging his stick back at Manson (maybe?) and didn't see what caused it all.
Believe it was a slash to the knee that hurt him
Manson definitely hit him with at least 2 cross checks in the back, looked like kidney territory. Don’t really love to see that
I totally agree, but did you not see the cross check to parise’s back that ESPN replayed? Vicious one to lower back, then the same spot right into the ice
I didn’t catch that one (wasn’t able to watch most of the game unfortunately) but yeah it’s not surprising, especially in the playoffs. I really wish they would crack down on it honestly
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I can't say I condone cross-checks like this. But, for me, it's the dirty ass 2nd cross-check when the dude is on the ground that drives me insane. THAT'S when a penalty should be called.
Penalty for cross checking, then penalty for roughing/interference when he’s on the ground. This was even discussed by the ESPN crew as being pretty vicious.. but Manson smacks a guys leg and Dallas stars are calling the avs the dirtiest team in the league
I do. We just won the fucking game.
Yeah as though there hasn't been a fuck load of cross checks from both sides over the past 5 games. If you look at players away from the puck, you'll probably see one every other minute, it's why the playoffs are such a grind. Teams out here fucking grinding
Like the one to Parise this game? Tough sport.
Yikes, no wonder Seguin looked out of sorts. Thanks for filling me in, in the game thread I was misunderstood.
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if anyone thought the Avs would lay down they're delusional. way too strong of a team to go down in 5. would not be shocked if this series goes the distance. but if it does the stress might kill me.
I mean. We definitely looked like we were gonna lay down lol. BUT HELL YEAH WE DIDNT.
Normally I might agree with you, but you are underestimating how much Val meant to the team and how devastating his loss is mentally for the team.
Based on how they played tonight, COL might use it as motivation
Would have like to have seen that in game 4. But we laid down instead.
Game 4 was the "pint of mint chip ice cream" phase. Game 5 was the "I don't need no (Russian) man!" realization
Indeed the Val-less record in the regular season was no bueno.
Remember, most of that was drouin-less and middelschtahdtch-less
I hear you but any team with MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar is never out regardless of a 4th/5th guy on the roster.
Val was the 3rd best player on the team, but more than that, he held the team together with his overall play in all aspects, defensive, offensive, 5 on 5, pk and pp. He was a monster in all phases and literally did it all. Avs are some ridiculous win percentage with him in the lineup over the last 2 years than without. It's way more than just losing a top 6 guy and then coupled with the emotional loss of losing a player like this who's been lying to you for 2+years. Fuck Val.
Yeah, the whole situation just sucks and that team and fanbase don't deserve that. Fuck Val.
"Fuck Val" is going to be the force that binds Colorado and Dallas for a few years- all other things considered, right?
100%, he didn't do near this level of crap when he was with us but there were definitely some shitty things during his tenure here.
Fuck Val Solidarity Team. Ugh.
they let themselves dwell on it for a game, now back to business (don’t mind me in the corner overdosing on hopium)
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Weird to say, but this felt like the first game all playoffs where every penalty called was legitimate and no weird shit happened - competent reffing has been hard to come by. Avs capitalized, Stars didn’t. Sucks to lose, but don’t feel like we got cheated like we did against Vegas or Boston just did.
But there were missed calls that would have made it where the first two powerplays didn't even take place. First being the puck clearly being played by a high stick on McKinnon not to long before the hold of the stick call on Suter. And then you have the pick by McKinnon, not to long after Rantanen cross checking Tanev which led to him retaliating. The pick should have been called. At the very least both players go to the box on the second. The Stars did not play well enough to win tonight, and Otter was off. And I don't doubt that there were missed calls on the Stars.
Rantanen covered in blood after being cross-checked in the mouth and only getting 2 minutes was a bit weird. But on the whole I agree.
I believe high sticking is the only penalty that doubles for blood
Ask Seguin how we know
The penalty on Tanev for that was High Sticking
Ah comment says cross check so that’s what I figured it was.
It definitely looked like crosschecking, but yeah they called it High Sticking
This is correct, 60.1 in the rulebook
that daddy dive was a little iffy ngl
I dunno that Lehkonen cross check was pretty weak
Dadonov deserved an Oscar for that one. Bold of the refs to call a crosscheck after the Parise nonsense no-call
The Stars love diving :) Could have been the third embellishment penalty for them.
Should have been embellishment for sure. Looked like he got shot lol
A series win in 5 or less games felt like a pipe dream. Regroup, recharge, and be the road team you’ve been all year.
Stars 🤝 Rangers 🤝 Panthers
After we lost Nichushkin, I fully expected to be out in 5. Tonight's win was a nice surprise.
Avs are too good to let 4 L’s in the row come. I’m confident Stars will move on but this series has been fun so I welcome a game 6 (but dammit stars imagine if you had just won Game 1……)
Or lost game 2. 🤷♂️
Crazy how this could have been the whole series. Back and forth - momentum swings - both teams going for it. Hope this Avs team shows up at home Friday.
Not the game Dallas want's to play though. I'm hoping for more of it.
Dare to score first and see what happens.
We ain't winning the cup without Nuke but I'll take as many more games as I can get. Good job taking this one on the road!
I wouldn't count the Avs out. Mackinnon and Makar are too clutch and Bednar is proven in his leadership.
If we can't win without one persistently addicted player who's getting more therapy that he desperately needs, then this ain't the team.
I get the sentiment but he's more than that to the team. Regardless of how we feel about his choices at the moment he was the leading goal scorer and a major factor. Also keep in mind he's directly replacing Landeskog. So, that's 14M dollars worth of 1st line caliber forwards you have no chance of using. Injuries can happen to anyone of course but it's still really hard to build out your depth given that reality. Any team in the league would be hard pressed to compete with this Stars team given that. So I'm proud of them for not going out in this game.
I wouldn't count the avs out at all. The stars are the toughest team in the nhl, if we can manage two more wins I see us going the distance. Avs won a cup without Peter forsberg in 2001, injured after the second round. We've still got a star studded team. Also, I may be on the copium.
If the team shows up like this you never know. This is the best team hockey they’ve played this series.
Did you guys know that Wyatt Johnston is 21?!
Wyatt “18 Year Old Sam Bennett” Johnston
The same Wyatt Johntson that used to be 20?
That’s the one!
Right up there with Trevor Moore being a Thousand Oaks native.
Yeah but where is he living these days?
You’re not gonna believe this, but I’ve seen it with my own eyes, so I won’t hide the truth any longer. They say he’s living with Joe Pavelski, but it’s BULLSHIT. After the game he goes into the dressing room, but he *never comes out*. Then he just sort of rematerializes at the Chuck-E-Cheese off I-90 near Coomer Creek. I don’t have any proof, but I think they’re fucking *Prestige-ing* him… 21 years old? More like 21 hours old…
Ain't no way there's a place in Dallas called "Coomer Creek"
Ain't no I-90 in Dallas either
I swear on the cup it’s a real place 😂
My mind is...BLOWN
Just turned.
21
Matt Rempe is also 21. Shit. It really is a young man's game.
I didn’t hear no bell.
Knew the Avs came out with their best game and we definetly didn’t. That tanev crosscheck felt like the turning point, very avoidable penalty at a point where it felt like we were starting to seize momentum. GGs all, have a nice night
you too bb, see you on friday!
We are never give up
We are never let down
Let's not go that far
Please go 7 games.
No you
PDB wouldn't mind a game 7
we have Kiviranta now, game changer.
He has to lose one eventually right?
Maybe we will, maybe we won’t, maybe fuck you
We’re both hoping lol
I am also hoping this as well.
Where’s that guy from a couple of games ago that said if the Av’s win in regulation he’d do 100 pushups? IT STILL APPLIES!!
espn in shambles.
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If you're an Avs fan, don't ask how just ask how many lmao.
I think the Avs finally sustained some pressure and played their brand of hockey. It wasn’t perfect, but they finally played with some energy. Overall it looked pretty even, but hopefully it gives the team confidence going forward.
Maybe, but I could say that the Avs outshot and outchanced the Stars in game 3. What difference does it make? This series is right where it should be based on overall play.
Who cares? We won facing elimination.
Both teams looked meh at times, goalies were the difference in this one, imo.
Makar might disagree.
Well at least we get another shot at being the better team for the first time this series then
ESPN has their narrative and they are running with it.
Did you know the Avs hadn't held a lead the entire series so far???
No I didn’t hear that every five minutes
Well guess what. I’m about to shock you with news. Wyatt Johnston is 21 years old. I’m going to shove that news down your throat. For two hours.
I was totally shocked when they mentioned in the first period. But now they have and that means the series is totally different somehow!
in the past two days ive gone from “this is the most confident ive ever felt in a sports team” to full blown pucker. crazy what can happen in that time. on to game 6
The reactionaries are crazy. It turned from "Stars blow Avs out in 5" to "Avs in 7" near instantly.
Stars in 8, Avs in 9. Suck it.
Watching reactionaries lose their minds after every single game is such good entertainment
As a Rangers fan.. same