The turn around in Denver is now complete, well for now it is.
On Saturday, the Colorado Avalanche defeated the St Louis Blues, 5-2, to punch their 
ticket to the NHL post season.
Jonathan Bernier made 32 saves to get the win for the Avs who finished one point ahead of the Blues for the second wild card spot.
Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon led the offense with a goal apiece.
“I don’t know what the odds were for us to win tonight, but we didn’t give a (darn), to be honest with you,” Landeskog said. “We just kept playing, and what a night. This is one heck of a group. I don’t think I’ve ever been a part of a group with such team chemistry. Whether we made it or not, I’d still be really proud of this group. This is a big accomplishment to make it after such a tough season last year. We’re not done.”
Samuel Girard and Tyson Barrie scored for the Avs and Matt Nieto added an empty net goal late.
Jaden Schwartz and Brayden Schenn scored for the Blues.
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Jake Allen made 34 saves in the loss.
“There’s a lot of people, a lot, I mean, majority of people who didn’t even give us a chance to be in this game, to be here,” Allen said. “We had our ups and downs this year, it was a wild year. But we rallied and found a way to beat good teams at the right time and give ourselves a chance.
“Credit to Colorado, they’ve improved immensely over the last couple of years and they played well again tonight, obviously. It’s tough to take. We gave ourselves a chance, but it was still not good enough.”
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