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Not nearly good enough. Absolute waste of a stellar season. Nelson/Burns were unplayable Makar/Necas/MacKinnon seemed more hurt than anything else. Bednar is swept again by a defensive coach in a series where he made almost no adjustments beyond injury management. Pathetic. #goavsgo

Goalie comes out and Avs get one back right away in a tipped point shot from the captain. Feels far too little too late but there’s technically a chance? #goavsgo

Smith scores on a slow moving puck Blackwood never saw to finish this. Avs look beyond lifeless and Blackwood leaving his 5-hole wide open was just confirming the direction things were heading. Low-effort end to the season from Colorado, the organization has a need for big changes ahead. #goavsgo

Kadri didn’t have to pull up on Hart there. According to the precedent set by the law Harts consent to be brutalized was implied. #goavsgo

The hardest you’ve seen the Avalanche quit on a game in the Bednar era. Time is running out. #goavsgo

Wow. Burns should’ve just been ejected for that. Beyond lucky not to be called. Shameless. #goavsgo

If you’re mad, play like it. Fire in the mouth only matters when you can match it on the ice. #goavsgo

12:18 to go and Colorado is just being suffocated. They cannot get anything going offensively when they so desperately need to #GoAvsGo

Avs are on pace to not even record 20 shots on goal in an elimination game they are losing. If that holds it simply has to cost jobs, plural. #goavsgo

Score effects be damned, VGK has all but one scoring chance this period. You wouldn’t know it’s an elimination game with this effort from non goalies on Colorado right now. #goavsgo

Blackwood bails out Burns again who vacated his assignment. #goavsgo

3 mins of zero event hockey, 17 left in your season unless you score. #goavsgo

Best period of Blackwoods Avalanche tenure. Kudos to the goalie. Down 1 he isn’t going to be scoring though, 20 minutes left to find another gear and save the season. Team looks very beaten at the moment. #goavsgo

Necas coming back out after his knee buckled like that is truly shocking. Necas fighting harder than anyone other than Blackwood tonight, maybe that gives them some kind of momentum. Avs are angry at the stripes (rightly so) but need to turn this into a goal. #goavsgo

Wait that gets called? What is this NHL? I can’t recall a more biased whistle. I’m not surprised given how VGK gets treated but wow, sucks the integrity out of the sport when this happens. #goavsgo

Hertl ignored the puck to throw a hit on Necas who can’t expect a hit from that angle given the puck is more than 5 feet away. Dirty as it comes, nothing new for this VGK team. I’m sure they’ll get away with it as Necas season looks over from the direct knee contact. #goavsgo

Patented Dave Hakstol Powerplay starting up with 45 seconds trying to enter the zone and get set before the first shot goes over the net and wrings around out of the zone. PP is the element of the Avs game most similar between the regular season and this series. #goavsgo

The Avs have been down in series before, often even, this elimination game is definitely the most lifeless I can recall seeing them. Either some good luck or someone in white waking up out there is needed to keep the season alive. #goavsgo

These cracks in the Avs weren’t impossible to see. Defensive depth is a concern that bringing in a guy who Carolina discarded due to age impacts didn’t help. Nelson has been abysmal, Blackwood isn’t good enough, the PP sucks and Hakstol made it worse (like he did in SEA) #goavsgo

You can usually tell when a team isn’t mentally there anymore. Shame to see, probably going to cost someone their job. #goavsgo

Didn’t see the 3rd game live but having watched the vod I think two things are clear: 1) the Nelson/ Burns acquisitions have been terrible and not finding better options probably cost this team their best window. 2) The Wedgewood and Kulak miracle run is over, they are who they were again. #goavsgo

Pulled up the game on my phone (won’t be able to watch fully till at least the second) and immediately watched Brock Nelson turn the puck over from his skates. Maybe I should just not watch, this one guy is uniquely cursed whenever I tune in. #goavsgo

Nelson and Nichuskin have been completely liabilities this entire post season. Bill is coming due without the best defenseman in the world there to cover for them. #goavsgo

And once again a pathetic level of hustle with the net empty. Avs need to find some answers. Just not good enough and going to Vegas down 2 games. Nelson’s inability to keep his feet combine with his and Necas complete inability to produce is sinking Colorado. #goavsgo

Necas took a shot to the face but that’s only a penalty when it happens to Anderson. So I guess we play on. This has been a brutal officiating night. #goavsgo

Hideous turnover from Brock Nelson hitting Teows for some reason and both he and Necas stop skating. Free goal and it’s 2-1. Colorado on the ropes. #goavsgo

Avs looking disturbingly gassed in this physical game. It’s going to have to be an effort to get to Vegas with an even series tied here. With this defense, Wedgewood has had to be basically perfect and his first mistake tied the game. Need to find a goal without any shooting space. #goavsgo

Eichel snipes hope a beauty from bar in and we are tied at 1. Wedgewood was out of position protecting his near side and left too much room at that angle. 10 minutes left in the 3rd. #goavsgo

One high danger chance that wedgewood bailed them out on, otherwise another great PK. After the pen Wedgewood is given a full body check by VGk attackers that the refs just don’t want to call. Yikes. #goavsgo

High sticking call on burns that Hertl made quite a meal out of for the academy. Definitely was a high stick but dude, embarrassing levels of embellishment going uncalled. #goavsgo

Ferraro with excellent analysis afyer the last Avs PP. “Everyone thinks their open”

MacKinnon beasts into the zone and draws a hook. Avs get their first actual powerplay not interrupted by periods. #goavsgo

How Manson is back in this game after what sure looked like a concussion is beyond me. Glad he’s okay? (Hopefully he’s actually okay) #goavsgo

Josh Manson and Brayden McNabb are back for Colorado and Vegas, respectively #GoAvsGo

Through five periods, the Avs have three power plays that ran into an intermission. Disruptive to the power play, but it's not as if Colorado is doing much a man-up anyway.

Remember: the rule this series is Colorado only gets power plays in the final 2 minutes. Soft slash but a better call than the “slash” called on Roy I guess? Avs to the PP with 1:18 to go in the period, a lot of momentum, but down another defender. #goavsgo

Manson pulled by concussion spotter pretty clearly, and rightly so. He’s in the room. #goavsgo

Game is completely out of hand now. Interferences all over uncalled, Manson is clearly hurt after checking through barbashev and hitting his head on the ice. Bad officiating has left this one a bit of a clown fiesta now. #goavsgo

Wow that’s a doozy of a call. Dowd embellishes a hook, gets a call, then sends a stick into Roy’s face after the whistle but gets away without a call somehow. They established a precedent just earlier this period to call both penalties if one happens after the first… #goavsgo

Kadri has been leading the way physically for Colorado tonight. He’s laying the body and being targeted for a lot of big (late) hits. He almost cashed in at the end of a long shift there. #goavsgo

The linesman actively applauded when Kadri got smoked away from the puck on the line… Idk if I’ve ever seen that kind of reaction. Wow. #goavsgo

I would honestly recommend muting the game if you are watching on ESPN. 3rd or 4th time I’ve heard them say the wrong name (this time blaming Manson for Landeskog turnover with Manson on the bench). The only thing they are adding is a McNabb not on bench update every 45 seconds. #goavsgo

Vegas entering full sell mode since that weird double call opened the door. Every contact sees them throwing heads back or exaggeratedly shaking wrists. Silly and sad hockey. #goavsgo

Blankenberg wants to be in the lineup. He has a noticeable step on his matchups tonight. Still the same issues with reads and communication the whole d core is having, but you can really see his motor here east. #goavsgo

Puck don’t lie. Questionable second penalty call leads to VGk worst powerplay of the postseason after the 4 on 4. Nothing going on at all and the game is now back from that side quest. #goavsgo

That first minute and 15 of the 4 on 4 felt like a powerplay with a MacKinnon and Kadri combo dominating the cycle. No shooting accuracy though. #goavsgo

Yep, correcting your own obvious mistake there. Vegas gets called for interference to shorten the 4 min penalty series that should’ve been 2. Never change NHL Officials. Be the sloppy gals you are. #goavsgo

That being the first penalty call of the game…look it’s a penalty for sure, at least the trip was, but come on? You let go what you did period one then double up Necas? Wild officiating. #goavsgo

Nelson now centering Necas and Nichuskin. Generated a rush chance which was nice but then Necas stops moving and gets called for a trip…after a soft slashing call? Yikes #goavsgo