It doesn't have to be a firefight.
This much the Colorado Avalanche proved in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final, shutting down — and sure enough shutting out — the Edmonton Oilers with a 4-0 victory on Thursday night at Ball Arena to take a 2-0 series lead.
Nazem Kadri had three primary assists in a three-goal offensive explosion from the Avalanche over the space of two minutes and four seconds early in the second period. Artturi Lehkonen, Josh Manson, and Mikko Rantanen had the goals from those Kadri set-ups to blow the game wide open, while Nathan MacKinnon scored a power-play goal to sew things up late in the third period, and finished with a game-high 10 shots.