Avalanche advance to Western Conference Finals for 1st time in 20 years

DENVER (KDVR) — The Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 to win the best-of-seven collection 4-2 and advance to the Western Convention Finals for the primary time because the 2001-02 season.

Darren Helm scored with 5.6 seconds left and Darcy Kuemper stopped 17 photographs because the Colorado Avalanche completed off their second-round collection over the St. Louis Blues in Recreation 6.

J.T. Compher scored twice for Colorado. The Avalanche had been eradicated within the second spherical every of the previous three years. Colorado opens the collection towards Edmonton on Tuesday night time in Denver. Jordan Kyrou and Justin Faulk scored for St. Louis. and Ville Husso made 36 saves. On the successful objective, Helm scored off a drive from the faceoff circle.

The Blues pressured a Recreation 6 of the collection again to their house ice at Enterprise Heart by rallying again in Recreation 5 at Ball Enviornment from a 3-0 deficit to win 5-4 in time beyond regulation and maintain their postseason alive.

The Avalanche took the commanding lead of the collection 3-1 after Nazem Kadri scored a hat trick to dominate the 6-3 Recreation 4 win in St. Louis.

“It’s beginning to seem like you’re both the hammer or the nail within the collection, so we have now to go and be the hammer,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar mentioned previous to Recreation 6. “We’ve to maintain transferring ahead and urgent and forcing them into errors. But it surely begins with the competitiveness and the puck choices. As the sport went on, (the Blues) had slightly bit further within the battle, we didn’t, and our puck choices weren’t good.”

Avalanche’s final look in Western Convention Finals

Colorado misplaced to the Detroit Crimson Wings in seven video games within the 2002 Western Convention Finals, after successful the Stanley Cup the earlier season. Avs normal supervisor Joe Sakic was the captain of that Stanley Cup-winning crew alongside corridor of fame teammates Rob Blake, Peter Forsberg and Patrick Roy.

Colorado will play Edmonton for Stanley Cup Last spot

The Edmonton Oilers knocked out the Calgary Flames with a 5-4 time beyond regulation Recreation 5 win at Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday to win the best-of-seven second-round collection. The Oilers will begin on the highway towards the Avalanche because the Avs completed with the higher regular-season document.