Avalanche Weekly Update - April 19

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FIRST THINGS FIRST: The Avs scored on their very first shot in Games 1 and 2 of the series, the first team to score on its first shot in consecutive playoff contests since Boston in Games 2 and 3 of the 2013 Eastern Conference Final at Pittsburgh.
CAREER HIGHS: Blake Comeau scored his second goal of the postseason on Monday night, setting a new career high for goals and points in a single postseason. Comeau previously tallied one goal in the playoffs as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of Pittsburgh's first-round series against the New York Rangers in 2015. Nathan MacKinnon tallied two goals in Game 3 for his first career multi-goal playoff game, and Mikko Rantanen finished with two assists to pick up his first career postseason multi-point outing.

First Round vs. Nashville Predators

The 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs First-Round series between the 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 series and force a Game 6 back in the Mile High City.
The Avalanche and Predators have combined for 29 goals through the first four games (7.25 goals-per-game), the highest-scoring series of the postseason so far.
Gabriel Landeskog leads the Avalanche with six points (3g, 3a) in the series, while Nashville has been paced by four players - Austin Watson, Filip Forsberg, Colton Sissons and Ryan Johansen - who each have five points.

Game 5 Watch Party At Pepsi Center

Fans can head to Pepsi Center on Friday night to watch the Colorado Avalanche take on the Nashville Predators on Pepsi Vision 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 at Pepsi Center is also be free of charge and concessions inside the arena will offer a 25% discount. Puck drop is slated for 7:30 p.m. MT, and doors to Pepsi Center will open at 6:30 p.m.

Player Spotlight: Gabriel Landeskog

Landeskog tallied his third goal of the postseason on Wednesday night, matching his career high from the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Landeskog also extended his playoff point streak to three games and has totaled six points (3g, 3a) in that span. His six points is a team high through the first four games of the series, and his three goals are tied for fifth among all skaters in postseason tallies.

Quotable

"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

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