Strike 2: The Colorado Avalanche are getting a little defensive

Strike 2: Would you ask a sports car to pull around a trailer? Against Winnipeg and stellar (regular season) netminder Connor Hellebuyck, the Avs went in knowing they needed to tighten things up in their own end. Then, after an ugly defensive performance in a  7-6 loss in Game 1, all fingers were pointed at their own beleaguered goaltender Alexandar Georgiev, with good reason. “Georgie” hadn't played well during the final weeks of the regular season, including an ugly outing in a 7-0 beatdown by Winnipeg at Ball Arena.