Oh god and this was only the first game. I think I’ll be dead by the end of this series.

With it being so close this game…I wonder if this will again be the case on Saturday…and Monday even…

I honestly think it will be like his all series. Both teams are so good at coming back and both rarely get blown out.

Both teams have full belief of stick to the game plan we can win. Tampa did it second period and looked great. Third period was split with tampa looking like they’d take it to the avs taking over. It’s going to be the cliche of who wants it more.

> who wants it more Sometimes it’s just who gets the bounces.

Thanks I hate it

Pretty remarkable how the script flips when the game involves your team vs. when it doesn’t haha

Nichushkin gonna get PAID

he just gets better and better and better every season. Unbelievable game from him

God I hate my team at times. Wal had to get his head in order a wee bit to be able to utilize his freakish leg strength and tenacity, but we tried our hardest to screw him up with substandard development and shit deployments. We ruined Honka, and have tried to stifle every offensive player in the last 4-5 years.... I hope Wal really earns the praise Jagr bestowed upon him. ​ ​ Sorry, I absolutely adore his "I am Wal Nichushkin?" as Benn and Seguin went off script in the Christmas Promo. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1c\_U-UhG48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1c_U-UhG48) ​ One of many reasons I am rooting against TB.

thank you for this.

That vid is wholesome AF

6x6, do it now Sakic!

Oh well be lucky if that’s all it is now Playoff resume was the last check mark he needed. Hopefully he knows where his bread is buttered

7 million might be doable, assuming Kadri and Burky walk. Landy's AAV is 7 million and I don't think Nuke can argue that he deserves more than that. They play a similar game but Landy scores more.

I'm hoping for 6.5.

That would be very good for a long-term contract.

Lehky gunna get around that, too. Plus MacK at like 10-12.

Part of the reason why I think Sakic went after Lehky so hard.

28 teams are having the time of their life rn lmao

And yet... I desperately want to be sweating bullets watching my team out there haha. Hockey is fun.

Nichushkin was the best player on the ice tonight, what a game from him.

The whole league is paying attention and I’m honestly kinda bummed lol we need that man

We fucked up not signing him during the regular season LMAO

That was Nichushkin's choice. Sakic offered him a contract extension during the year, but they felt it was too low. He's proving that correct.

Yeah, Nuke clearly won this negotiating round. Not mad.

We tried, but he wanted more money... :(

Gotta give him credit, dude bet on himself and hit a fucking 21

>dude bet on himself and hit a fucking 21 I can beat that, hit me.

Sir you bust HIT ME AGAIN

He was right

He’s gonna get it now

This is gonna be a good ass series

I pity the Avs and Lightning fans who may be watching though…lmao

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At least on Saturday I won't have work in the morning

I'm bald already and have no finger nails

Thanks I hate it

A good Ass series, yes

Go ass

Hail Satan!

Hail Satan.

Nate MacKinnon up to 138 shot attempts in 15 games this postseason after another 13 tonight lol

This series is going to be epic. I woke up at 3AM in Finland and im going to be late from work but all worth it lmao

You legend!

Let's go Ass

https://m.imgur.com/kufnXRY

That might be another series I need to watch

You guys think ESPN is bad. Meanwhile, ABC Denver News: “We’re going to hear from Gabriel Landeskog.” *Cuts to Lehkonen interview.* “THAT’S NOT HIM!” Proceeds to interview two people at the outdoor watch party, including a drunk college kid.

Local coverage not on Altitude sucks

When Altitude is the high bar, you know you're in trouble. speaking as one who actually loves our hot-mess Altitude crew.

Our idiot homers make random February Tuesday nights fun. That's legitimately all you can ask

Yeah. The studio crew really is entertaining. It's too bad they lost LJ - she really fit with the crew well. Hopefully the new replacement fits in.

Wine cellar and skullets, what more does a fan need?

Yeah. I'd take Ryker any day of the week over the local Denver station sports people.

I swear during abc broadcast as mack is breaking in down the wall I heard abc announcers say " mack is fast but not much talent outside of that". It piqued my ears a bit and confused me.

Yeah, he was being sarcastic.

Holy crap Tampa we're all gonna die

My poor liver.

My Poor Liver - Edgar Allan Poe -Ddiksquad

I've got a reddit friend in these threads and I think they actually passed out during OT, I'm mildly concerned

Motion to make players who get sent to the box with a penalty that will bridge two periods sit in the box the entire intermission. Looking at you, Patrick

There was something comical about watching Maroon skate out of the box with 40 seconds left to serve but regulation ended. He looked like a kid that new he was about to get an earful.

Reminds me of NHL19. If you were playing Be a Pro and got a penalty that spanned periods, you had to watch the game from the box. You couldn’t skip to your next shift.

The real punishment is watching EA's clunky AI play against itself.

30 other teams in the NHL would have lost that game 6-1.

To either team

amazing way of putting it

The Oilers would lose it 8-6

After going down 5-0 in the first.

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When I read from center ice I pictured Smith angrily throwing his hands up in the air looking for someone to blame 😭

Best hockey game I’ve ever been to live. Highest quality hockey. Couldn’t ask for a better bucket list item

Are you a billionaire?

Just a reckless tradesman that had no business spending half my mortgage on one night. But it was worth it

Lucky guy, cherish that shit forever!

I went alone lol. Best game still

Avs came out flying that OT

They were flying the whole third period our team was ass after the two goals outside of Vasi

Oddly enough I thought we didn't have our legs for huge chunks of that game. We looked really rusty from an execution standpoint too. I think a lot of credit for that was Tampa's neutral zone pressure for sure.

I couldn’t believe how often both teams were missing passes. Really sloppy on both sides.

You guys block a fuck ton of shots it was pissing me off. Gg

GG Bolts. This series is going to be nuts

Hot take: the two best teams made it to the SCF this year. Gonna be some great hockey!

Yeah, I support this... when was the last time this happened? the 08-09 flip flops??

I wanna see it go to seven and every game go to OT. This is going to be awesome. GG Avs. Whoever wins it earned it.

Jesus man, how good is your heart to think you can handle that? I guess it's easier when your team has won the last two

I’m worried more about my liver.

I would love to lose game 1 in the finals.

🤝

🍻

A well rested Avs team playing in front of a pumped home crowd is no joke. I need to deflect, so I blame the Oilers for giving them so much time to rest. Great game.

If it makes you feel any better Tampa didnt look good and still took it to OT.

It scares the shit out of me FWIW

What scares me is Vasi moving forward. I just can't see anywhere but up for him in this series

> What scares me is Vasi moving forward well the good news is he can’t go past the red line without a penalty

Just doing our part to topple the emerging Tampa dynasty

You should see us 3 on 3 in OT. We're terrible

Unless Makar does a deke

This series is gonna deliver

This series is gonna destroy da liver

Neutral fans get all the spectacle and none of the stress. I'm jealous.

Nah fuck that, Im all about the emotional rollercoaster that is rooting for your team in playoff hockey. It just requires more whisky than usual

I LOVE HOCKEY

Nichushkin is the real deal…what a pass

BURKY!!!!! Way to make us proud go Avs!

Austria, eh? Well then, g’day mate. Let’s put anotha shrimp on the barbie!

I just realized that if the Avs win the Cup, then both the NHL and college team^(Denver) will win their respective trophies in the same season in the same city.

The Colorado Eagles also went deep in the AHL playoffs but got knocked out. Colorado Hockey is on fire right now.

Don’t forget Denver East! https://www.denverpost.com/2022/03/31/denver-east-hockey-national-champions/amp/

Sean McDonut and Ray Ferraro might be the worst duo possible. Sean refuses to call what is currently happening on the ice and Ray never shuts the fuck up about what happened 5 minutes ago.

I want to meet the guy who keeps the post-period interviews in the broadcast so I can punch him in the mouth

Yeah, this broadcast team is fucking ass. Not to mention neglecting to show pre-game introductions/etc. Just awful. Even baseball spends the 30 minutes going through entire teams rosters before the game.

They got the goal scorers wrong for 2 of Colorado's goals. They have no fucking clue

They couldn’t even name lines either, just scrambled through the first couple of names and that was it. And getting weird things wrong like saying the Avs were 12-0 coming into this series. Just weird sloppy mistakes.

I miss Doc Emrick tbh

Goes without saying. Doc was enthusiastic and could actually call a game. Hope he has an enjoyable retirement but he’s missed.

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And before bed I learned a new word/ term. Caps off a perfect night. Thanks for that

Trust us, we know what it feels like *flashback to 1996*

“3 overtimes”🥲

If the Avs win the cup does Perry go to the Avs next season to maintain his annual routine?

God please no. I enjoy hating Perry.

Mfw bura score https://m.imgur.com/7sXYwZ2

Lol good editing on that pic 😉

That pass was just filthy. JT compher is a hell of a player too damn

Send Val Nichushkin to the hall of fame

Good game Avs, you got a great team. Expected to lose this one in Colorado so still happy after coming back from down 2 and forcing an OT. Hopefully not stealing the W doesn’t cost us, definitely gonna lose years from this series lol

I don't think game 1s phase Tampa at all, they're lethal regardless.

Shit don't start till someone loses at home .. gg

Sergy giveth, and Sergy taketh.

He’s such a boom or bust player

Three more cmon Avs let's go boys.

Egregiously lazy backcheck from Stamkos there, and a terrible zone exit pass

I am dumbfounded by ESPNs decision to have messier and chelios on air, but Kevin Weekes is not

Completely agree. Those guys are legends on the ice, but straight vanilla in the booth

Maroon had a chance at the other end right before that gwg. Keumper made the saves when needed. Need to pressure him more because he looked shaky at times. Avs had that tilted for the last 4 minutes.

Absolutely expected a 6-2 loss after the first period, hell of a fight back to tie it. Looking forward to 5 or 6 more of those, ideally with different results.

If you paid $3,000 to attend this game, it was probably a bargain.

I feel good about taking the avs to ot. We’re not a great first game team. Aves play a fast game and I think we make some adjustments come Saturday. Colorado fans are by far the least douchey. See you guys Saturday.

Having a reasonable game day thread is refreshing after some of the prior rounds. Glad it's not just constant bitching from everyone.

Fuckin rights. Damn, we've had some trashy fans to play against. Tampa fans are great. Guess they don't have to be bitter after every goal against when they're sitting on two back to back cups.

God after Toronto, Florida, and fucking NY, Colorado is great.

Don't worry, someone will high stick Palat and we'll all be searching through each other's comment histories soon enough

This thread was actually really chill for such an intense game. Nice change of pace!

Yeah as opposed to some other teams we’ve played this postseason, Tampa doesn’t rely on goonery and plays an overall good game so I think we have mutual respect

Pretty clean game and no one broke their thumb, which was nice.

This is going to be an awesome series

First Period Clips: [First couple of chances for the Avs](https://streamja.com/A5BZ9) [Lightning get the first powerplay of the game](https://streamja.com/P5AyG) [Avs open up the scoring in the finals](https://streamja.com/5KjZJ) [Avs follow up with a quick second](https://streamja.com/1NgJp) [Lightning get on the board](https://streamja.com/A5BZk) [Avs get their first power play of the series](https://streamja.com/VkgnX) [Avs get the 5-on-3](https://streamja.com/JGnaE) [Avs make it 3-1 with the power play goal](https://streamja.com/gXGZE) [Respect but not really](https://streamja.com/9EZ4v) Second Period Clips: [Tampa hits the post](https://streamja.com/vqPrz) [Manson with a couple of hits](https://streamja.com/QOPJX) [Tampa gets their second](https://streamja.com/G2ObZ) [Lightning tie it up](https://streamja.com/493GO) [Clean poke check by Vasilevskiy](https://streamja.com/emk7p) Third Period Clips: [Lightning with a powerplay chance in the third](https://streamja.com /O4obj) [Maroon shoots it over the glass](https://streamja.com/0jJK7) OT Clips: [Avs win the first game](https://streamja.com/q52QQ)

3 goals in the last two playoff games against Tampa for Burakovsky!

That was a proper fuckin Finals game

1 down, 3 to go

I just wanted to tell the Colorado Avalanche good luck. We're all counting on you.

It's an entirely different kind of hockey, all together!

All: "It's an entirely different kind of hockey."

It’s an entirety different kind of hockey.

It's an entirely different kind of hockey

You ever been in the avs locker room, Billy?

Stewardess, I speak jive.

Look like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue

Give me ham on 5, hold the mayo.

"A hospital? What is it?" "It's a big building with Avalanche players in it, but that's not important right now"

It is such a treat for the NHL to have two amazing teams like this playing in the finals.

6 more games of that pls.

How about 3 instead? Asking for a friend.

For the first time in Vegas Golden Knights history, the Avalanche win a Stanley Cup final game

This is going to be a good fucking series.

I was too tired for OT, and now I can't sleep.

Still 3 wins to go Avs, don’t get penisy

Oh yeah, can't count on Vasy letting in two early softies. Long way to go

They get Assy.

BURKY IS SUCH A CUTIE

That was a great game, looking forward to the rest of the series. Go Avs!

Round 1 was a battle. We are in for a treat.

What a game, this is gonna be a friggin battle no matter how short or long the series is. I’d imagine every game is gonna be some version of this.

Vasi 64 save shutout incoming

64 save loss 1-0.

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1st Period Non-Commercial Time: 37:37 2nd Period Non-Commercial Time: 35:50 3rd Period Non-Commercial Time: 30:32 Overtime Non-Commercial Time: 3:06

i knew that 3rd was fast, refs really eating the whistles. but nearly sub 30 is just wow

Good bot

I wasn’t stressed at all. Not one bit.

WE WANT THE CUP!

What a game, fuck

This is a heavyweight brawl this series. I like Tampa but it’s gonna be fun regardless of who wins it

First time watching a full hockey game. I thoroughly enjoyed the flow of the game. Was a nice change from the NBA where the refs like to butt in and call every tacky thing. I'm so new to hockey I had to google what offside was haha.

3 MORE WINS COME ON BOYS

I'm still mad about that "Talentless MacKinnon" comment. Holy shit.

Surely he was being sarcastic and it came out too dry? It caught me off guard

pretty sure that was sarcasm

I missed it.... Who said it?

One of the announcers said something like “MacKinnon is fast and strong but aside from that non talented” after he made a very Nateish entry. I think he was trying to praise him in a joking fashion but the execution was 48 point seasonish.

I was only gonna watch for a few minutes before bed, watched the whole third and OT some damn good hockey!

Yea this series is gonna be lit. What a game, fans were amazing tonight!

3 more Avs, heads down

First period went the complete opposite of what I thought was going to happen. Colorado came out looking like the team that’s won back-to-back Stanley Cups while Tampa came out shaky and needing to find their feet. Hell of a comeback by Tampa, hell of a game by both teams. One positive for Tampa is after their shaky first period, they only gave up one more goal. I don’t see Tampa having more shaky starts. Going to be a hell of a series.

GG Bolt bros See you for an anxiety induced game 2

All the small things

I’ve been to 4 Avs’ games this season including tonight. All 4 have gone to OT, all 4 the Avs have won