Laviolette said the Rangers did not adjust to MacKinnon’s speed.
“That’s on me,” Laviolette said. “We knew what was coming at us, and sometimes I feel like I can do a better job of explaining things. We were in place, we were in position, but after that happened we made a quick adjustment inside the room and were able to handle that speed a little bit more.”
The Avalanche had three power play chances before MacKinnon scored.
“Skating early, drawing penalties, a lot going on for us in the first period,” Bednar said. “It would have been nice to capitalize on one of those power play opportunities, but all in all, I think that was our best period.”
Panarin tied it 1-1 with 8:43 remaining in the third period. He got the puck behind the net, skated up the left wing, and held off Makar as he cut across the point before scoring with a wrist shot through traffic.
“We had a nice push at the end of the second after they had us hemmed in our zone for a while,” Bednar said. “We pushed back, come in with the lead, and in the third they continued to push and it looks like we didn’t do enough to secure the win.”
This article was originally published by a www.nhl.com . Read the Original article here. .