AVALANCHE PLAYOFF NOTES POSTSEASON DEBUTS: Nine players have made their Stanley Cup FIRST THINGS FIRST Playoff debut in this series. Sven Andrighetto, J.T. Compher, Samuel The Avs scored on their very first shot in Games 1 and 2 of the Girard, Tyson Jost, Alexander Kerfoot, Mikko Rantanen, David War- series, the first team to score on its first shot in consecutive playoff sofsky, and Nikita Zadorov all played their first postseason contest in contests since Boston in Games 2 and 3 of the 2013 Eastern Con- Game 1 of the series, and Duncan Siemens skated in his first playoff ference Final at Pittsburgh. game in Game 2. CAREER HIGHS PLAYOFF FIRSTS Blake Comeau scored his second goal of the postseason on Mon- Jonathan Bernier made a postseason career-high 29 saves in Game day night, setting a new career high for goals and points in a single 3 on Monday, earning his first playoff win as a starter. Patrik Nemeth postseason. Comeau previously tallied one goal in the playoffs as a and Mark Barberio each notched their first career playoff points in member of the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of Pittsburgh’s first- Game 3, while Tyson Jost picked up his first career point in the play- round series against the New York Rangers in 2015. Nathan MacK- offs in Game 4 on Wednesday. Nikita Zadorov registered his first innon tallied two goals in Game 3 for his first career multi-goal playoff career postseason goal in Game 1, and J.T. Compher and Alexander game, and Mikko Rantanen finished with two assists to pick up his Kerfoot notched their first career playoff points in Game 2. first career postseason multi-point outing. “It’s just one game. Our goal is go there and win that game and then we know we are coming here and we prepare again. You have to break it down. You can’t think about ‘oh we have to go win three in a row.’ It’s simple. You go into Nashville, you play your game. Get to the game we played in the third period, get to the game we played the other night early and stay with it for 60 minutes or more, whatever it takes.” —Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar following Colorado’s 3-2 loss to Nashville in Game 4 on Wednesday night FIRST ROUND VS. NASHVILLE PREDATORS AVALANCHE POSTSEASON LEADERS Category Player No. VS Goals Gabriel Landeskog 3 Nathan MacKinnon 3 Assists Tyson Barrie 3 The 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs First-Round series between the Gabriel Landeskog 3 Avalanche and the Predators heads back to Nashville for Game 5 on Friday night, as Colorado looks to rally from a 3-1 deficit in the Matt Nieto 3 series and force a Game 6 back in the Mile High City. Mikko Rantanen 3 Points Gabriel Landeskog 6 The Avalanche and Predators have combined for 29 goals through Power-Play Goals Gabriel Landeskog 2 the first four games (7.25 goals-per-game), the highest-scoring se- Penalty Minutes Nikita Zadorov 16 ries of the postseason so far. Time on Ice/Game Tyson Barrie 24:21 GWG Nathan MacKinnon 1 Gabriel Landeskog leads the Avalanche with six points (3g, 3a) in the series, while Nashville has been paced by four players — Aus- Goals Against Avg. Jonathan Bernier 3.87 tin Watson, Filip Forsberg, Colton Sissons and Ryan Johansen — Save Percentage Jonathan Bernier .883 who each have five points. PLAYER SPOTLIGHT GAME 5 WATCH PARTY AT PEPSI CENTER Gabriel Landeskog Fans can head to Pepsi Center on Friday night to watch the Col- Position: Left Wing orado Avalanche take on the Nashville Predators on Pepsi Vision Height: 6’1 in Game 5 of the teams’ first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series in Nashville. The watch party is free and open to the public. Parking Weight: 215 lbs. at Pepsi Center is also be free of charge and concessions inside Shoots: Left the arena will offer a 25% discount. Puck drop is slated for 7:30 Born: November 23, 1992 p.m. MT, and doors to Pepsi Center will open at 6:30 p.m. Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden UPCOMING SCHEDULE Landeskog tallied his third goal of the postseason on Wednesday Day Date Location Time night, matching his career high from the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Friday Apr. 20 Morning skate at Bridgestone Arena 12 p.m. CT Landeskog also extended his playoff point streak to three games Game 5 at Nashville Predators 8:30 p.m. CT and has totaled six points (3g, 3a) in that span. His six points is a *All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times local team high through the first four games of the series, and his three goals are tied for fifth among all skaters in postseason tallies..