SEATTLE — Turquoise towels were draped over the seats eight hours before puck drop in a city buzzing for the occasion. The party favors will be mementos in Pacific Northwest homes for years to come. Their inscription, along with a Stanley Cup Playoffs logo: “The legend awakens.”
But in the Seattle Kraken’s first-ever home playoff game, the Avalanche’s sleeping giants awakened instead.
Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen combined for five goals in a 6-4 series-tilting win for the Avs on Saturday night. Colorado leads the first-round playoff series 2-1, with Game 4 back at Climate Pledge Arena here Monday.