Game 2: Colorado Avalanche look to draw even in the series

After a fantastic effort for the first 46 minutes, the Colorado Avalanche fell off and lost a very winnable game. It would be nice to see a full 60 minutes played tonight (which has been a problem all season). Let’s see if the Colorado Avalanche can pull out a well-rounded level of play, and maybe even a win tonight.

Avalanche @ Predators

1:00 PM MT; NBC, CNBC

Nashville leads the series 1-0.

SBN: On the Forecheck

Here are the lineups:

Colorado Avalanche

Gabriel Landeskog - Nathan MacKinnon - Mikko Rantanen

Tyson Jost - Alexander Kerfoot - Sven Andrighetto

Matt Nieto - Carl Soderberg - Blake Comeau

Colin Wilson - J.T. Compher - Gabriel Bourque

Nikita Zadorov - Tyson Barrie

Patrik Nemeth - Samuel Girard

Mark Barberio - David Warsofsky

Jonathan Bernier

Andrew Hammond

Nashville Predators

Filip Forsberg - Ryan Johansen - Viktor Arvidsson

Kevin Fiala - Kyle Turris- Craig Smith

Colton Sissons - Nick Bonino - Austin Watson

Miikka Salomaki - Mike Fisher - Ryan Hartman

Roman Josi - Ryan Ellis

Mattias Ekholm - P.K. Subban

Alexei Emelin - Matt Irwin

Pekka Rinne

Juuse Saros

I’ll admit, I wish that neither one of Nemeth or Barberio were playing tonight, but maybe they’ll turn it around. It’s not like the Avalanche have too many options on the blueline (Lindholm, Siemens, Alt don’t seem like they’d be much better).

I know everything’s just gravy at this point, but it would be really nice to see the Avalanche put the Predators on their heels a bit with a win at Bridgestone Arena.

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Nothing else to say at this point, except GO AVS!