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First Round · Game 1

Predators at Avalanche

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 COL leads 4–0

Avalanche, First Round Game 1, beat Predators 7–2 at Ball Arena on May 3, 2022.

NSH – COL
25–45
Shots on goal
1/4–2/5
Power play
59–47
Hits
24–12
Blocked shots
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The game

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First Round — Best of 7

NSH vs COL · COL leads 4–0 Full series →
Game 1
2–7
Final · COL
Game 2
1–2
OT · COL
Game 3
7–3
Final · COL
Game 4
5–3
Final · COL

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Nathan MacKinnon
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · 17:23 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Cale Makar
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 22:34 TOI
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Mikko Rantanen
3 A
2 shots · 17:15 TOI

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon PP Go-ahead 1st · 02:20
Assists: Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar · beat David Rittich
0–1
🏔️ Devon Toews 1st · 02:42
Assists: Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar · beat David Rittich
0–2
🏔️ Andrew Cogliano SH 1st · 08:30
Unassisted · beat David Rittich
0–3
🏔️ Cale Makar 1st · 12:15
Unassisted · beat David Rittich
0–4
🏔️ Artturi Lehkonen 1st · 15:04
Assists: Nazem Kadri, Gabriel Landeskog · beat David Rittich
0–5
2nd period
🏔️ Gabriel Landeskog PP 2nd · 14:44
Assists: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen · beat Connor Ingram
0–6
🐯 Matt Duchene PP 2nd · 18:40
Assists: Ryan Johansen, Mikael Granlund · beat Darcy Kuemper
1–6
3rd period
🏔️ Nathan MacKinnon 3rd · 06:03
Assists: Samuel Girard, Valeri Nichushkin · beat Connor Ingram
1–7
🐯 Matt Duchene 3rd · 12:26
Assists: Mikael Granlund, Matt Benning · beat Darcy Kuemper
2–7

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐯Predators
L1 Jeannot · Forsberg · Granlund 18:03
L2 Duchene · Johansen · Sissons 15:42
L3 Trenin · Kunin · McCarron 14:32
L4 Tomasino · Cousins · Olivier 10:09
D1 Josi · Ekholm 23:06
D2 Carrier · Fabbro 20:12
D3 Benning · Borowiecki 15:16
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Landeskog · Kadri · Nichushkin 19:56
L2 Compher · MacKinnon · Rantanen 17:15
L3 Burakovsky · Lehkonen · Helm 13:45
L4 Sturm · Cogliano · Aube-Kubel 10:42
D1 Makar · Toews 22:08
D2 Girard · Manson 19:16
D3 Johnson · Byram 16:39

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐯NSH COL🏔️
25 Shots on goal 45
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
59 Hits 47
24 Blocked shots 12
8 Takeaways 5
4 Giveaways 2
34 Penalty minutes 22
NSH shooting 8.0% (2/25) COL shooting 15.6% (7/45)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐯Predators
Connor Ingram
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 44:56 TOI
David Rittich
8/13
.615 SV% · 5 GA · 15:04 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Darcy Kuemper
23/25
.920 SV% · 2 GA · 59:55 TOI

Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 02:20 · 0–1 Devon Toews · 1st 02:42 · 0–2 Andrew Cogliano · 1st 08:30 · 0–3 Cale Makar · 1st 12:15 · 0–4 Artturi Lehkonen · 1st 15:04 · 0–5 Gabriel Landeskog · 2nd 14:44 · 0–6 Matt Duchene · 2nd 18:40 · 1–6 Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 06:03 · 1–7 Matt Duchene · 3rd 12:26 · 2–7
NSH COL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 1–6
Predators
Predators — trailing by 5 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

All →
Apr 282022 🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL 5–4 SO Jan 112022 🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH 4–5 OT Dec 162021 🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH 2–5 Nov 272021 🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL 2–6 Feb 292020 🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH 3–2
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NSH vs COL, answered

Who won Predators vs Avalanche on May 3, 2022?

Avalanche won 7–2. The final score was Predators 2, Avalanche 7.

Who scored for Predators?

Matt Duchene (2).

Who scored for Avalanche?

Nathan MacKinnon (2), Andrew Cogliano, Artturi Lehkonen, Cale Makar, Devon Toews, Gabriel Landeskog.

How did the Predators goalie play?

Connor Ingram made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves on 25 shots (.920 save percentage).

Where is Predators vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐯 Predators
BeforeApr 29 🐯NSH @ 🌵ARI 4–5 AfterMay 5 🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL 1–2
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeApr 29 🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN 1–4 AfterMay 5 🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL 1–2
Also on May 3
🐧PIT 4–3 🗽NYR 🦅WSH 4–2 🐆FLA ⭐DAL 0–1 🔥CGY
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