For 56 minutes, it looked like the Wild and Avalanche were headed to a Game 6 in Saint Paul, with Minnesota holding a 3-1 lead in Game 5, down in the series three games to one. The Wild will head home ... alone. Colorado scored twice in the final 3:33 and Brett Kulak scored at 3:51 of overtime to send the Avs to the Western Conference final, where they await the winner of the Ducks–Golden Knights series.
It was Jack Drury who got the comeback started, scoring at 16:27, then Nathan MacKinnon sent Ball Arena into a frenzy, sniping a ridiculous wrist shot with 1:23 remaining:
My take: A great play by Martin Nečas on the game-winner — all Kulak had to do was hit the net, which he did, to his credit. The Avs just have that knack. No panic despite a frustrating game for and from them. They just swarmed the Wild over the final five minutes of regulation. One could sense they were going to get the game to OT. They did.
THE ASYLUM
Avs stun, eliminate Wild
For 56 minutes, it looked like the Wild and Avalanche were headed to a Game 6 in Saint Paul, with Minnesota holding a 3-1 lead in Game 5, down in the series three games to one. The Wild will head home ... alone. Colorado scored twice in the final 3:33 and Brett Kulak scored at 3:51 of overtime to send the Avs to the Western Conference final, where they await the winner of the Ducks–Golden Knights series.
It was Jack Drury who got the comeback started, scoring at 16:27, then Nathan MacKinnon sent Ball Arena into a frenzy, sniping a ridiculous wrist shot with 1:23 remaining:
My take: A great play by Martin Nečas on the game-winner — all Kulak had to do was hit the net, which he did, to his credit. The Avs just have that knack. No panic despite a frustrating game for and from them. They just swarmed the Wild over the final five minutes of regulation. One could sense they were going to get the game to OT. They did.
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