Highlights and goals: Nashville Predators 3-5 Colorado Avalanche in playoffs NHL 2021-22

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CLEAN SWEEP, THE BOYS GOT IT DONE!!!!#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/tvwCrJ9VTb — Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) May 10, 2022

Predators 3-5 Avalanche.

CLASSIFIED! MacKinnon took advantage of the empty Predators' goal and risked the defensive sector to score the Avalanche's fifth goal and enact the sweep. 4-0.

Important power play for Colorado Avalanche with 1:25 left to play.

Empty goal. Predaotrs goes all or nothing.

Predators keep attacking. The result will eliminate the team.

The game enters the final stretch and is open. Predators try to equalize.

It's the turn of the Avalanche! Valari Nichushkin received a pass on the right and with almost an open goal, he dropped a bomb.

Power play - Predators.

It's the tie! Erik Johnson set it up for Devon Toews, who had time to set it up, choose the corner and submit.

Game wins a lot of physical dispute.

In a table with speed between the markings, Matt Duchene played for Mattias Ekholm, who left it to Filip Forsberg to score and turn to the Predators.

TRENDAWG X2#Preds #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/ixwqokmPYX — x - Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) May 10, 2022

Predators 2-2 Avalanche.

After two important saves by goalkeeper Francouz, Yakov Trenin didn't waste it and left everything the same in Nashville.

What an incredible defense. Cale Makar received on a counterattack, came out in the face of goalkeeper Connor Ingram, who performed a miracle and avoided Avalanche's third goal.

In a play worked by the left, J.T Compher found Cale Makar free, who dropped a bomb and left Avalanche in front again.

Eeli Tolvanen submitted and Francouz saved.

 

Both teams go on the attack and leave a lot of space for the counterattack. Balanced game at this point.

Game starts balanced in the second period.

TRENDAWG#Preds #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/JKstMETlOo — x - Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) May 10, 2022

Predators 1-1 Avalanche.

The Colorado Avalanche defense got it wrong, Colton Sissons fixed it and Yakov Trenin dropped the bomb to tie the game in Nashville.

 

Francouz saved Lauzon's kick.

 

Francouz defendeu chute do Lauzon.

The game is more open with both teams going on the attack.

Mattias Ekholm submitted and Pavel Francouz saved.

Avalanche continues to attack more and with 10 shots, while the Predators stopped at two shots on goal.

 

End of power play.

 

Power play - Predators.

Avalanche with seven submissions so far. Predators with only two.

 

Power play - Avalanche.

Andre Burakovsky finished from the left and opened the scoring for Avalanche early in the game.

 

Predators start on the attack.

 

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Both teams are already on the ice. Hymn time.

 

Small delay in departure.

 

OK FIL 👀 pic.twitter.com/kGda0qed1w — x - Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) May 10, 2022

Less than 30 minutes to the start of the game.

 

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Of the Nashville Predators' six postseason goals, three came from center Matt Duchene. Mikael Granlund and Alexandre Carrier both have three assists. The team's highlight in the regular season was Roman Josi, who scored 96 points, but in the playoffs he has only two points.

 

Defender Cale Makar is the Colorado Avalanche's top scorer in the playoffs. There are seven points, two goals and five assists. Mikko Rantanen, who had 92 points in the regular season, has five in the postseason.

 

- "I got really sick to my stomach, just looking back and seeing him skate to the bench and then fall again", said Johansen, about goalkeeper Darcy Kuemper, who had his eye injured by him. "It's not a good feeling."

"Obviously, I hope everyone knows that there was no intention for something like this to happen," Johansen said. "Just a freak accident. But it definitely put a smile on my face to hear that it could just be a little scratch and some swelling."

"I think he knows it was an accident," Johansen said.
Asked about his emotions for the fourth and decisive game against Avalanche, Filip Fosberg said: "Same as going into Game 1. The mindset for us hasn't changed at all. We just play one game at a time. Obviously, we're aware of the situation we're in. But at the same time, we have to win, keep this show alive, and that's all we're focusing on."

"Every kid here in Nashville probably runs down the street with their hockey stick when they score a goal calling themselves a Forsberg," said center Ryan Johansen.
"He's a tremendous scorer," said Johansen. "His shot is... he's very elite. This year, especially, I'm really proud of him and how consistent he's been. We all know he can score goals, but [it's] just how he's bringing his style of advanced type game on a very consistent basis. So he's a very exciting player."

"I think he took a lot of steps in those situations," Hynes said. "He's had a great year this year and it's a big reason why we're in the postseason."

“I know the big headline is that he didn't produce it, but he's got a really good look that he didn't like,” Hynes said.
"I played a lot of hockey with him as a linemate and watched him a lot," said Johansen, who has been with the Predators since 2015-16. "It's exciting as a teammate to see him take a step this year, and to know that there's even more out there. Over forty goals is amazing, and that's hard to do, and few guys get to do that. So much fun to do. watch with my time here and be around him.''

"I hope it's not your last game.''

In the last 10 NHL games, only two wins for the Nashville Predators, who are very close to being eliminated from the competition. In three games with the Colorado Avalanche, they conceded 16 goals, an average of 5.3 per game and scored just six, an average of two.

Kuemper, who was out of the last game, can return to play in the fourth match.

"His eye is thankfully fine after further evaluation last night," Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said on Sunday. "He has a little swelling, so I think he's a possibility for tomorrow if the swelling goes down."

"Everyone needs to contribute, but it's up to our top guys to drive the bus," MacKinnon said May 2. "That's what we're looking to do."

"It's an important time of year and it comes from a deep desire to win," Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said of MacKinnon's consistent production.

"He's a man on a mission, it's as simple as that," Landeskog said of MacKinnon after Game 3. "Like the other 20 guys in that locker room, we're dedicated to what we're trying to do, we're committed to it, and we're hungry so. He's leading the charge.''

Leading the Western Conference in the regular season with 119 points, with the second best record, the Colorado Avalanche is the only team that can guarantee a sweep in the first phase of the playoffs. The team that had six losses in its last seven games, won all three against the Nashville Predators.

 

The Colorado Avalanche could end the series this Monday if they win. The series is 3-0.

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GAME 4 - 05/09.

The Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche match will be played at the Bridgestone Arena with a capacity to receive 20.000 people.

My name is Thomas Alencar and I'll be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, score updates and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.