With less than three minutes left on the clock, the Carolina Hurricanes surged past the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday with three goals.
The storm surge sent the Canes to a 3-1 win.
Andrei Svechnikov got the rally going when he tied the game at 17:04; Jaccob Slavin scored for the eventual game-winner. just over a minute later.
James Reimer made 27 saves to get the win for the Canes.
“You know the cliché, a full 60 minutes, and it’s there for a reason,” Reimer said. “Tonight we just battled and grinded and we were able to find a way at the end. It’s just belief, you never know what’s going to happen.
“We knew going into this trip that it was going to be a grind and we were playing five really good teams when you look back on it. We’re obviously really happy with it. We played five great teams and they brought it and we just found a way to grind it every game. It will be a fun airplane ride home.”
Gabriel Landeskog gave the Avs a 1-0 lead earlier in the third period.
Sebastian Aho sealed the game with an empty-net goal.
“We’re up 1-0 with three minutes to go with a chance to win the hockey game,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “To me, it’s one or two plays at the end of the game; you got to be better than that.”
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Philipp Grubauer made 37 saves in the loss.
“That’s a really good hockey team over there,” Bednar said. “Good speed, good grit, determination, great special teams. You got to grind, you got to earn everything you get. That’s what they make you do.”
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