All the pressure was on Alexandar Georgiev after a dreadful Game One to show he still belonged in an NHL net, and his teammates knew it. They also knew they hung him out to dry too many times in Game One.
For the first 15 minutes of Game Two, it looked like both those struggles might continue - but the Colorado Avalanche saw their goaltender needed a little help to snap back into form and stepped up in a major way. Team defense, led by excellent work in all three zones by Avs stars Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, and Devon Toews, powered Colorado to a 5-2 victory that didn’t look particularly competitive once Colorado took the lead in the second period.