The top-seeded Colorado Avalanche did effectively to finish their first-round sweep of the Nashville Predators through Monday’s 5-3 win however did so with out having beginning goalie Darcy Kuemper within the lineup as a result of proper eye damage Kuemper suffered when he was poked by the stick of Predators middle Ryan Johansen late within the first interval of final Saturday’s 7-3 victory.
Colorado remains to be ready to be taught if it’s going to face the Minnesota Wild or St. Louis Blues within the event’s subsequent spherical, however Avalanche coach Jared Bednar supplied excellent news when he confirmed Kuemper shall be able to play the subsequent time his teammates take the ice.
“He’ll be good to go,” Bednar stated of Kuemper, per Ryan Boulding of the NHL’s web site. “Let’s put it that way. He’s on the ice today. We might not play until Monday, Tuesday. I don’t know. He’s good to go. He got to practice today, so everything’s looking positive in that.”
Backup Pavel Francouz held the fort down in Kuemper’s absence and made a complete of 46 saves on 51 pictures whereas incomes a .902 save share and a pair of.97 goals-against common.
Meanwhile, the Blues lead the Wild 3-2 forward of Thursday’s Game 6 in St. Louis.
Avalanche’s Darcy Kuemper ‘good to go’ for second spherical of playoffs
Source: Panapanahon News
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