During the Avalanche’s week off after sweeping St. Louis, defenseman Cale Makar was blunt about his play.
“Average,” said Makar, an example of the high standard he sets for himself.
An average (his word) St. Louis series was replaced by an above, above, above average (our words) performance in Sunday’s 7-1 win over Vegas in Game 1 of the teams’ second-round playoff series.
Makar assisted on each of the Avalanche’s first three goals and capped the scoring with his second goal of the postseason.
Makar posted the first four-point game by an Avs defenseman since Rob Blake in Game 1 of the first round against Vancouver 20 years ago.