Postgame Notes & Quotes - Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round, Game 4

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Tyson Jost registered his first career postseason point.
Gabriel Landeskog tallied his third goal of the postseason, matching his career high from the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Landeskog also extended his playoff point streak to three games and has totaled six points (3g, 3a) in that span. His six points is a team high through the first four games of the series, and his three goals ranks fourth among all skaters in postseason tallies.

Landeskog also had a postseason career-high seven hits.
Tyson Barrie notched his third assist/point of the playoffs to reach a new postseason career high. He previously had two assists in three games during the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Mark Barberio had a postseason career high five blocked shots, which also matches a career high for regular and postseason performances (Apr. 5, 2018 at San Jose, April 11, 2015 vs. Boston).
Andrew Hammond made his first playoff appearance for the Avalanche, playing in his first postseason game since April 17, 2015 at Montreal.

Colorado LW Gabriel Landeskog

On Tonight's Game: "They get a 5-on-3 off the bat and we kind of get on the wrong side of things. It felt like the whole first period, they were basically in our zone. It started with a 5-on-3, and it just kind of fed for their momentum and they kept pushing. It wasn't the start we wanted. You know, they get a couple of odd-man rushes that they capitalize on, a couple turnovers. I mean, Nate (Colorado C Nathan MacKinnon) hits the post or the crossbar or whatever, it's 2-0, that'd be a great chance with half the game left, had a little more time than 3-0 deficit and try to come back in the third period. Obviously, in the third period, I think that's a great period for us, but too little, too late."
On Colorado's Late Push: "It goes to show what kind of character guys have in this dressing room. You know, I'd like to see it a little earlier, that desperation and the hunger of the forecheck and things like that, but that third period, I think we do it all right. I mean, we had enough scoring chances to tie it up. Willy (Colorado C Colin Wilson) got a close one there at the end. That's the way it is."

Colorado C Nathan MacKinnon

On The First Period: "They were flying. When they get those D in the rush, it's tough to stop. We definitely need to have a better start Friday."
On The Team's Mindset Going Into Game 5: "We don't want to end it at all. We're still in it, it's not over yet. We can't win the series if we don't win Game 5, so we just have to focus on that."
On Game 4: "We had a good third, obviously. Not a great first 40. They came out way better than us and they deserve the win there for sure. They were just way better. We heard them say they wanted to have a good start, they didn't have good start in Game 3, and they did that and they just out played us. They're a good team. I thought the first few games we had better starts than them, and tonight they had a better start than us. Second period, we hit a few posts, had some good chances and we almost tied it up."
On if the team is frustrated: "I think the first two games were more frustrating just because we were playing really good hockey, and we were kind of playing from behind tonight. We need to play more desperate like we did the third period."

Colorado RW Mikko Rantanen

On The Third Period: "It was a good period for us for sure. We were on the puck, we were forechecking their D. They have a really good D so we have to be on them all of the time. We were shooting pucks, going to the net and we got two goals, but just one short. But I think we take some things from that period and try to learn from the first two."
On his takeaway from Game 4: "Third period. First 40 wasn't what we want. The crowd was out a bit because it's 3-0. Not the way you want to play at home. I think the way we answered, everybody believed that we can come back from 3-0, it's not that big in hockey. Like we did, we had eight minutes to score the tying goal, and we had some chances so I think the third period everybody was on their game. We were working three periods, but we just couldn't score the first two."
On The Team's Mindset Going Into Game 5: "Everybody in this locker room believes, like we showed, we almost came back, just one short. Obviously, it's disappointing, especially at home. We wanted to tie the series and go back to Nashville, but game's over and it's 3-1. Now we go to Nashville, reset tomorrow, try to learn something, go take a win and come back home."

Colorado G Andrew Hammond

On coming into Game 4: "It wasn't too hard to get warm. The penalty kill we had at the start, you see pucks early on and you get a feel for it a little bit. So from that standpoint, it was kind of nice to get a little bit of action right off that bat."
On coming into the game after having not played in a while: "It's been few and far between lately but any chance you get to get in the net, you want to take advantage of. So I tried doing that tonight, and just unfortunate that we weren't able to get the win there at the end, weren't able to get the tie at least and to send it to overtime."

Nashville D Roman Josi

On Colorado's Performance: "They're a good team. They are dangerous offensively and we knew they were going to have a push. They have a lot of great players up front, but we are happy about the win and that we found a way to get it. It's big. It's going to be another battle Friday night. Like I said before they are a great team over there and every game is tough. We have to go home, make sure we get some rest and bring our best."
On How Nashville Adjusted Following Game 3: "I think within the group, we are a pretty honest group with ourselves and even if we win games there is still things we are trying to correct. Obviously the first two [games] we won and then in third came the start, start wasn't good. It's so important and you saw today it won us the game."

Nashville G Pekka Rinne

On Colorado's Late Push: "I think we did a really good job at the end there. At the end of the day only a couple of pucks ended up getting all the way to me. We blocked a few and they missed the net a couple of times, so we killed the clock pretty good at the end. We did a pretty good job, it was a battle tonight. Obviously, first two periods we created a lead 3-0 and it's a good team. They came back and we battled and we scored three and they scored two."
On Friday's Game:"It's huge that we have a chance to finish the series at home. Obviously that's something that is in the back of your head. We want to take it so bad and have this opportunity. But it's a good team so we have to play again like this and I think that will be enough."