St. Louis came close to elimination, but after equalizing twice and pushing Colorado to overtime, Canadian player Tyler Bozak scored the game-winning goal to come back 3-2 in their Western Conference semifinals. , Wednesday.
It’s a hell of a successful comeback for the Blues, who won the Stanley Cup in 2019. Because on their rink, the Avalanche have long gone it alone and well believed to end their series quietly, leading 3-0 thanks to a brace from Nathan MacKinnon, who then turned into a passer for Gabriel Landeskog at the start of the second period.
St. Louis was able to come back to the score for the first time, thanks to goals from Vladimir Tarasenko, Robert Thomas and Justin Faulk. Whereupon MacKinnon, decidedly untenable, put Colorado back in front at the end of the last third. Sufficient ? No, because Thomas equalized 56 seconds from the siren. The “overtime” finally smiled at St. Louis, after a long shot from Bozak which lodged in the top of the opposing net, synonymous with victory (5-4). Game 6 is Friday in Missouri.