Recap: Avalanche 5, Flames 4 (SO)
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Wow.
If you saw the game, you know what I mean. If you didn't...you missed a wild one. The Avs continued their winning ways at home in a game that featured extreme momentum swings and open, end-to-end action. When the dust finally settled, Colorado had a 5-4 shootout victory.
And what a ride it was to get there. Colorado started the game looking terrible on defense - completely mesmerized by the Calgary defensemen joining in on the offensive plays. Calgary took advantage of the chicken-with-its-head-cut-off defensive gameplan of the Avs, and scored a couple of early goals to take a disheartening 2-0 ...
