"There's been a few plays where he takes off, he can skate, and he's strong, he's powerful," forward Joe Pavelski said. "I usually have a nice view from behind when he takes off. Right there, I was kind of coming in, but I think he made a great play. The D kind of took an option away as far as making a play quick, he threw it there and a little luck that rebound hangs there. Good on him to stop there and keep banging away at it."
Colorado coach Jared Bednar said how a team reacts to moments like that are key in a series.
"Maybe it's a mistake, maybe it's not. I have no idea," Bednar said of the call. "My goal is to make sure that our team is responding after goals against or a bad bounce here and there and instill that we have this belief that we can bounce back from things that are thrown at us. Our resolve just wasn't where it needed to be after a bad break, a bad penalty.
"The game is not over. We have to be better. This time of year, we have to expect more from each other."