Hey, Colorado Avalanche fans, let’s go all-in like our superstar Nathan MacKinnon and say just making the playoffs isn’t enough for us this year. We want to win a playoff series. Well, to do that, the Avalanche have to beat the Calgary Flames.
On the surface, the two teams don’t look evenly-matched. The Flames are the best in the Western Conference with 107 points. Colorado slid into the last wild card spot with 90 points.
However, records don’t tell the tale — points totals are just what get a team into the playoffs. The Avalanche are in, and they’re in much better shape than last year when they took the dominant Nashville Predators to six games.