Avs Gaining Confidence After Sweeping Blues
Players say the tight games should help them in the stretch run and beyond
by
Ron Knabenbauer
@RonKnab
/ ColoradoAvalanche.com
The Colorado Avalanche might be on a 14-game point streak, but the team's recent success hasn't been as easy as it might appear.
The squad has had to show its versatility to win different ways during the run, and Colorado played in two such outings in the back-to-back set against the St. Louis Blues.
On Friday, the Avs had a 3-2 lead at the second intermission and held on for the victory. Saturday saw St. Louis play a tough, tighter game with the score tied at 1-1 for most of the night, but Colorado stuck with its game plan and won 2-1 after Cale Makar's shot found twine in the final minute of regulation.