Avalanche-Blues Game 5 Puck-Drop Time Confirmed, As Well As Game 6
(CBS4) - The Colorado Avalanche made a statement with a 6-3 victory on Monday night over the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of the Round 2 Stanley Cup Playoff series. The series is 3-1 in favor of the Avs as they head into a Game 5 against the Blues with a chance to close out the series at home.
Game 5 puck-drop will be 6 p.m. Wednesday, and Game 6 is also slated for 6 p.m. on Friday -- only if it becomes necessary. The Avs can punch their ticket to the Western Conference Final for the first time since 2002 with a victory Wednesday night.
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The series between Colorado and St. Louis has proven to be a greater showdown for the No. 1-seeded Avalanche after a relatively easy Round 1 sweep of the wildcard Nashville Predators.
The games with the Blues have been filled with plenty of controversy both on and off the ice -- surrounding gameplay, injuries to key players on both teams and controversial comments made toward Avs forward Nazem Kadri on social media.
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On Tuesday, adding to the narrative, Blues forward David Perron was fined $5,000 by the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety, the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for cross-checking Kadri during Game 4.
The money goes to the NHL Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
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