Before becoming the co-hero of the game Saturday afternoon, Gabe Landeskog played heroic hockey at the Pepsi Center.
The Avalanche left wing and team captain produced a team-high eight shots in regulation and overtime, and the only reason he didn’t have at least three goals was because of the stellar goaltending of Marc-Andre Fleury of the Vegas Golden Knights.
Fleury (29 saves) was fabulous to begin a home-and-home set between the teams. But in this game — yet another dubbed “the biggest of the season” to date for the hosts — it’s highly doubtful he was better than his counterpart, Avs goalie Semyon Varlamov (39 saves).