The San Jose Sharks came out the victors in Game 6 against the Avalanche. This was a team the critics said would end the season in last place. It didn’t happen, the Avs went on to be the 8th place team in the Western Conference and have a chance at the Stanley Cup. The critics then said the young team from Colorado would get swept by the “powerhouse” Sharks in the first round. Again, didn’t happen. The Avalanche exited in Game 6 and blew all the critics away.
The Colorado Avalanche, also known as the underdogs, have been giving the San Jose Sharks a run for their money. The Avs have had to transition their game to nearly 100% defense to shut down the Sharks top two lines and they’ve been doing a good job of it. Unfortunately tonight in the Shark Tank, they were never once called for too many men on the ice. The Sharks had 9 total on ice at all times, not including Evgeni Nabokov, and four of them were wearing black and white stripes.
I’ll start off by saying that the better team didn’t win tonight. The Sharks pulled an over time win against the Avalanche with a shot from Joe Pavelski, screened by an Avalanche defenseman. It was a disappointing loss seeing how the Avalanche played worlds better than their OT win on Sunday night, getting more shots on goal and playing better defense. In fact, the OT win was the only even strength goal of the game.
This had to have been one of the most insane games at The Can this season. We saw Craig Anderson shut out the San Jose Sharks. We saw the Sharks put the puck on Andy 51 times and Andy blocked them all. That’s one short of his all time career record. The fans in Denver saw three scoreless periods and 51 seconds of overtime before something quite odd happened.
The Chicago Blackhawks came into Denver with the possibility of overtaking the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference standings. A win for Colorado, icing on the cake. The Avs had some key players sitting out again tonight, among them Adam Foote and Milan Hejduk. Paul Stastny was back in the lineup after a night up, but his number of minutes was cut from normal.
After a great win in OT last night in Vancouver, the Avalanche headed to Edmonton to see what the Oilers were up to. For those who have never followed the NHL this season and have just happened upon this website by happenstance, the Oilers are last in the league and are pretty much guaranteed to get the 1st draft pick in Los Angeles this summer. However, the Avalanche still have a chance to move up in the standings, so every game still has meaning.
The Avalanche took a trip to Vancouver to go up against the Canucks in their final Northwest Division collision. Thus far, the Avs have only defeated the Canucks once all season. On top of that, there was a lot riding on tonight’s game. If the Avalanche could pull a win over the ‘Nucks and the Flames lose against the Sharks tonight, the Burgundy Boys could clinch a playoff spot.
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