CALGARY, Alberta--The Colorado Avalanche continues its first-ever postseason series with the Calgary Flames tonight, and the team will look to build off of what it learned in Game 1.
The best-of-seven set opened on Thursday night at Scotiabank Saddeldome and the Avs fell 4-0 to the Flames. Colorado shot 26 pucks on the Calgary net and had its fair share of scoring chances, but the squad could not find a way to get one past Flames goaltender Mike Smith.
"We have to trust our instincts and it's not because it's playoffs now you have to overthink when you have the puck and you have scoring chances," said veteran forward Derick Brassard. "We had some odd-man rushes that we didn't end up shooting the puck. Guys were trying to make plays, that's the main thing. You just have to kind of read the play and go with what you have in front of you. There's always the part of going in front of [Smith] and trying to get those dirty goals as well. There's a lot of things that we can do differently offensively."
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Derick Brassard before Avs vs. Flames Game 2

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Avs coach Jared Bednar before Game 2 in Calgary