The defender of the superstar of the Colorado avalanche, Cale Makar, was an integral part of the victory of Team Canada during the confrontation of the 4 nations. And in his second match for the best tournament, Makar reached another career set in attack – but the AVS have always lost the match against St. Louis Blues, by a 3-1 score.
Makar’s help on Devon Toews’ goal to open the scoring was his 42nd assist of the season, but it was also the 400th point of the superb Makar career in the NHL. Makar reached the brand 400 in its 374th regular season game, but unfortunately, the game did not succeed in the point of view of the avalanche.
The Blues abandoned the first goal Sunday afternoon in Colorado, but after that, St. Louis posted three consecutive goals in the second period. And while the AVS exceeded the Blues 13-8 in the third framework, the goalkeeper of Saint -Louis Jordan Binnington – another point outside competition for the Canadian team during the confrontation of the 4 nations – diverted 28 of the 29 strokes A avalanche to preserve the victory and Hand Colorado his second consecutive defeat in the matches immediately after the break of the 4 nations.
For the second consecutive match, the AVS had trouble generating offense. On Saturday, Colorado fell to Lowly Nashville Predators by a 2-1 score. And obviously, two goals in two games will not do the work for the AVS. Whether the avalanche obtains an infringement infusion via a business, or if this aid must come from the inside, the essential is that the AV must increase their offense significantly.
In any case, the inclination of Saturday between the Blues and the Colorao should have been relatively easy for the AV, because Saint-Louis is below them in the center and the avalanche is better on paper. But you would never have known it in the Sunday match. The Blues were the best group, but Aginst St. Louis and Nashville, the AVS could not deliver anywhere near the offense.
You cannot ask the avalanche goalkeeper Mackenzie Blackwood to steal every match for you. He just has to give his teammates a chance to win matches. And that’s what he did on Sunday, stopping 22 of the 25 blues shots. But the Colorado could not rely on their first round of offense during the first period, and the desperate blues set foot on the gas and never have too much pedal.
There were signs of life for the AVS in the loss of Sunday. But Colorado needed better effort at the two ends of the ice. And they now need it soon, before they are in a classification position very different from that of the moment.
