On Friday night, the Colorado Avalanche won a 5-4 OT thriller against the Florida Panthers, taking home a win that featured both a stunning performance from Philipp Grubauer and complimentary scoring from the “new guy line”.
Just one day later, the Avalanche made their way three-and a half hours up the western coast of Florida to Amalie Arena. For their second installment of a back-to-back, poised for a matchup with the star studded Tampa Bay Lightning, the Avalanche opted for a true test for backup goaltender Pavel Francouz — hoping he’d show his stuff against one of the league’s biggest threats in the east.