Has an NHL season ever turned on a coach’s challenge before?
That’s a bit of hyperbole, but the Avalanche have been scuffling lately and appeared to hit rock bottom Monday night. The Seattle Kraken already had the lead, and turned a Cale Makar misplay near the offensive blue line into a shorthanded goal … until they didn’t.
Colorado successfully challenged that Brandon Tanev interfered with Alexandar Georgiev, and the goal was wiped off the board. And eventually, the Avs started to look more like the team that raced to a 6-0 start this season.
Here are some observations from the 5-1 win at Climate Pledge Arena:
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