Avalanche beat Blues to sweep series
Philipp Grubauer made 18 saves and Gabriel Landeskog scored the go-ahead goal in the second period as the Colorado Avalanche completed a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Blues with a 5-2 win Sunday in Game 4 of the West Division series.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) Philipp Grubauer made 18 saves and Gabriel Landeskog scored the go-ahead goal in the second period as the Colorado Avalanche completed a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Blues with a 5-2 win Sunday in Game 4 of the West Division series.
The Avalanche outscored the Blues 20-7 and trailed for only 7:12 over the four games. Grubauer stopped 103 of 110 shots over the four games. I thought we got a little better as the series went along, Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. It was a full 60-minute effort. The first three games we had some lapses in our game, some things that I didn t like. Tonight, I liked a lot.
Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice for St. Louis, which was swept for the first time since losing to the Los Angeles Kings in the second round in 2012.
Landeskog tipped in a shot from Samuel Girard at 14:53 of the second period to break a 1-1 tie.
Avalanche sweep Blues, advance to second round of Stanley Cup Playoffs
The Colorado Avalanche and St. Louis Blues shake hands at centre ice as the Avalanche eliminate the Blues 4-0. | May 23, 2021, 7:52 PM
May 23, 2021, 7:52 PM
ST. LOUIS Philipp Grubauer made 18 saves and Gabriel Landeskog scored the go-ahead goal in the second period as the Colorado Avalanche completed a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Blues with a 5-2 win Sunday in Game 4 of the West Division series.
Brandon Saad, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Nichushkin also scored for Colorado, which recorded its first series sweep since beating Vancouver in the 2001 Western Conference quarterfinal round.