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##### One: Powering Up as Series Goes Long
Here we are Kraken fans, looking squarely at a six- or seven-game Stanley Cup Playoffs series with the defending champion Colorado Avalanche, a franchise that has won three Cups since 1996. We all know Seattle was a hockey town before Monday night's overtime thriller proved the same to North America with none-louder-in-NHL noise, a clutch overtime goal from franchise stalwart Jordan Eberle (the player GM Ron Francis seems to check in with the most on road trips) and, well, the crescendo of boos every time Colorado superstar-defenseman-turned-villain Cale Makar is a hockey opera fans in attendance will rave about for years.
Eberle and fellow alternate captain Jaden Schwartz were jumping up and down on the ice after Eberle scored the game-winner like the kids they both were when breaking into the league. A bit later, talking to the media in composed manners, the two forwards acknowledged scoring on the power play twice Monday (first period and overtime) is a trend they would like to continue in an attempt to post the biggest upset of these playoffs, no matter who plays who from here out.
It's kind of been a sore spot for us in the series so far as producing with the man advantage," said Eberle, who spoke to a standing-room-only press conference. "I know we got one [power play goal] late last game [the Game 3 6-4 loss]. Maybe that kickstarted up to get one early in tonight's game and then obviously the winner [in OT]."
Game 5 Essentials | Kraken at Avalanche (series tied 2-2) | 6:30 p.m.
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