In Vancouver, the Canucks erased a 2-0 lead the Colorado Avalanche had taken on Thursday night. You know where this is going.
The Canucks scored three times in a span of 2:33 to take control of the game and go on to win, 4-2.
Andrei Kuzmenko started the outburst for the Canucks with a pair of goals to tie the game, 2-2.
“Second goal is ‘Thank you Petey for this good pass,'” Kuzmenko said. “I like the pass because as I score, I say ‘Petey, Petey, you see my pass?'”
The Canucks improved to 17-18-*3.
Brock Boeser gave the Canucks the lead for good at 3-2 34 seconds after tying the game.
“We all felt that we were playing a solid hockey game, even being down by two,” Boeser said. “For the second (power-play) unit to go out there and get that goal, and then [Kuzmenko] scored again right after and then I scored after that, I think it just showed that we were committed and playing the right way, and being patient and sticking to our system. And it paid off.”
Mikko Rantanen scored foff the power play or the Avs in the first period to give them a 1-0 lead, Samuel Girard pushed the lead to 2-0 in the second period.
The Avalanche dropped to 19-15-3.
“When you play pretty good in the first and then you score early in second, you have a 2-0 lead on the road, lost four in a row, you’ve got to try to keep it simple and just find a way to win,” Rantanen said. “We got to find a way when we have a lead or it’s tied to keep the urgency and find a way to chip away and not fall asleep.”
J.T. Miller scored in the third period for the 4-2 final.
Alexandar Georgiev made 39 saves in the Avs loss.
“We’ve been taking a lot of penalties lately,” said Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar, who was named a Central Division All-Star for the second time. “We’ve been a relatively undisciplined team. “We know teams are going to give us their best game so we have to be prepared, and maybe we’re putting ourselves in bad positions to make the refs make those calls.”
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