Postgame Notes & Quotes Stanley Cup Playoffs | Western Conference
Postgame Notes & Quotes Stanley Cup Playoffs | Western Conference Semifinals | Game 1 San Jose Sharks 5, Colorado Avalanche 2 Friday, April 26, 2019 Colorado finished 1-for-3 on the power play and has tallied a man-advantage goal in four straight games, going 6-for-20 (30%) over that span. Gabriel Bourque registered his first goal of the 2019 postseason and the sixth of his career. Three of Bourque’s playoff tallies have come with the Avalanche, as he scored two in last year’s first-round series against the Nashville Predators. Cale Makar has points in consecutive games (2a) for the first time in his career. Tyson Jost notched his first point of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs and his second career postseason assist. Colin Wilson registered his third goal of the playoffs, his most goals in a single postseason since 2016 (5 with Nashville). Wilson has totaled five points so far in the playoffs, tied for third (Tyson Barrie) on the team. Matt Calvert recorded eight hits, a postseason career high. Mikko Rantanen finished with an assist and now has 10 points (5g/5a) in the playoffs, ranked third among all skaters and tops among players remaining in the playoff race. Colorado LW Gabriel Landeskog On The Avs’ Four-Minute Power Play: “It is not going to kill you, but it is going to shift the momentum in their way a little bit, especially when you are in their rink like we are here, they are going to feed off that penalty kill. I thought we created some chances, and we had a couple good looks.
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