The Colorado Avalanche are happy they got a bit of a challenge before sweeping the Nashville Predators. They actually had to rally for the first time in the first round. Valeri Nichushkin scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:58 left, and the Avalanche became the first team to advance to the second round Monday night beating the Predators 5-3 Monday night. read more https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/401434781