COLORADO AVALANCHE POSTGAME NOTES COLORADO AVALANCHE 3, VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2 (OT) COLORADO LEADS SERIES 2-0 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2021 | BALL ARENA THREE STARS TEAM NOTES First Star The Avalanche is 4-0 in the playoffs and the only remaining playoff team to be undefeated at home. Going back to Philipp Grubauer the regular season, the Avs have won 13 straight games at Ball Arena and are 20-0-1 in their last 21 on home ice. 39 saves Colorado is now 41-31 all-time in playoff overtime, including a 31-22 record since moving to Denver. Second Star Mikko Rantanen Samuel Girard (2a), Devon Toews (1a), Cale Makar (1a) and Ryan Graves (1a) combined for five points tonight. The 1 point (1g/0a) Avs have 23 points (3g/20a) from the blue line in the playoffs, the most of any team. Third Star Colorado finished 2-for-6 on the power play, its third straight game with multiple power-play goals and fourth of Cale Makar the postseason. The Avs are 10-for-23 (43.5%) with the man advantage, tops in the league. 1 point (0g/1a) INDIVIDUAL NOTES Mikko Rantanen scored the game-winning goal in overtime to extend his playoff point streak to 16 games going back to TEAM STATS last season. He has collected 26 points (9g/17a) over that stretch, including 10 points (3g/7a) so far in the 2021 Stanley Avalanche Cup Playoffs. Rantanen’s goal was his second game-winner of the playoffs and fourth of his career. It was also his second career overtime winner in the playoffs (also: R1 Game 5 vs. Calgary, April 17, 2019). Shots: 25 Philipp Grubauer made 39 saves, a postseason career high and the most saves by an Avalanche goaltender in a playoff Power Play: 2-6 game since Andrew Hammond made 44 in Game 6 of R1 vs. Nashville on April 20, 2018. Grubauer has won 10 straight postseason contests going back to the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the 10th goaltender in NHL history with 10 or more Penalty Kill: 2-3 consecutive postseason victories (spanning seasons). Grubauer is 6-0 this postseason and has tied the franchise record of six straight playoff wins set by Mario Gosselin with Quebec in 1987. Faceoffs: 44% Brandon Saad has scored in five consecutive games, tied with Michel Goulet (1985) for the third-longest postseason goal streak in franchise history. Only Claude Lemieux (7 games in 1997) and Joe Sakic (7 games in 1996) have longer Golden Knights playoff goal streaks. Shots: 41 Cale Makar, who recorded the assist on Rantanen’s game-winning tally, has points in three straight games and six points (1g/5a) over that stretch. His eight points (2g/6a) in the playoffs leads all Avalanche defensemen and ranks second Power Play: 1-3 among NHL blueliners (Victor Hedman, 10 points). Penalty Kill: 4-6 Samuel Girard registered his first multi-point game of the playoffs and the fourth of his career. He has registered a point in three straight contests. Faceoffs: 56% .