3-0 is truly the most dangerous lead in hockey

Georgiev has gone from "pull the goalie" to ice in his veins when the Avs needed it most. A gutsy performance once again

Josh Manson’s save at end of 1st period biggest play of the game!!

I’m not sure how I’m supposed to sleep after Miles Wood doing his best Nathan MacKinnon impression. Nearly jumped through the roof 😂

Nobody talks much about the speed of Miles Woods, but he's the second fastest on the team behind MacKinnon. He showed it when he blew by Heiskanen.

Avs were impressive overall with a comeback, but Georgiev 100% stole that win in the end. His resilience has been nothing short of remarkable at this point and the rest of the team needs to play better if they expect to win this series.

Time for people to be checked for short term memory loss. This core won a cup 2 years ago and was completely decimated with injuries last year. If they still healthy, good luck.

The assists on the first Avalanche goal were reinstated later (Makar and MacKinnon).

Stars have lost every Game 1 of every playoff series they’ve played in since they made the finals in 2020. They never make it easy on themselves.

Hintz jumped it was definitely embellished. Ref didn't even hesitate lol

On that game winning goal Wood could have gotten a speeding ticket for how fast he was moving.

avs are singlehandedly holding the entire state of colorado together right now in this moment when it comes to sports😭

Also a noticeable statistic - Avs 45 to Dallas 20 on hits. Georgiev made some critical saves in 3rd period and OT for us! Go Avs Go!

That was a BAD game by Colorado’s standards. Under 25 shots, awful first period that made it an uphill battle, and they still win. Unless the Avs have 10 more of those first periods, it will be hard for Dallas to keep up in this series. Now Dallas has played two tough games in 3 days, Game 2 on Thursday and then they will head to the altitude…

Once Smith took that moronic penalty 200 feet away i knew theyd score, knew theyd eventually tie, and knew if they did theyd win. Salty note: depth is overrated when the other team has all those weapons up top. Avs are what Toronto thinks they are.

Georgiev outplaying Oettinger wasn’t in my bingo card.

Both games tonight went 4-3 in OT holy shit what a night

On the embellishment: I (an admittedly biased Avs fan) feel like there were a few dives by Dallas this game and they used it as both a "oh we can't call a pp this late in a game like this" as well as a "make-up" for not having called any of the others

I couldn't go to sleep without "the fans call a penalty, the refs do not"...

It's weird how Georgiev went from 3 goals early to absolutely saving the Avs in OT. I still think it will be a long series, Avs in 6

Now that's a top heavy team that actually performs.

The Stars have to stop this habit of blowing big three-goal leads at home to this Avs team. All three home games so far this season they've blown these leads to this team. Unacceptable.

I found it amusing that the announcers told us in OT that Dallas was #2 in the league for comeback wins, but neglected to mention that the team with the most comebacks was... Colorado. Very proud of my guys. Shannon is right, you don't let them off the mat. They do not quit. Georgiev was solid after the first and spectacular in OT, wouldn't have blamed him at all for one of those getting past him. I thought Wood was #29 for a second there on the breakaway when he was 0-60 in two strides. That kind of exchange happens a lot - furious press on one end, then the puck is loose and the score is on the other side. I won't be surprised to see this happen again with the opposite result in this series.

I think the embellishment was the fact that he went down on a soft hook. There wasn't much force, so while the hook impacts the play, it wasn't enough to take the player out. I think the ref looks at it as "Yes, this is a hook and it messed up your flow. But you chose to go down to ensure hooking was called instead of playing through." And, yeah, you don't need that kinda NBA nonsense in the NHL.

IMO, Hintz got his hands tapped and he literally dives into the ice with his skates lifted up. I totally agreed with the call. Typically I've seen players react from a hook by waving their arm in the air or flinching real obvious. But to dive into the ice, theres no way Mason's attempted stick lift made Hintz's skates leap into the air

Georgie stole that game for the Avs in that ot

As soon as Bruce LeVine mentioned that the Avalanche had come from behind more often than not against the Stars, I started bracing. Can't play a period and float around afterwards.

Avs holding the Stars to like 3 shots in the entire 2nd period and barely any in the 3rd was truly impressive when we turn our entire team game on. Lets see if Dallas can keep up if the Avs stay hot and get the rust off

On the embellishment call the Stars player didn't go down when the Avs player had his stick in his feet. There was a delay between stick in feet and fall.

The 3 goals Georgiev let in were tips or were deflected. Can’t really blame him for that. After those goals and the ensuing “Georgiev” chants from the crowd, he made a ton of incredible saves. Don’t taunt this man.

It’s like watching Toronto if their stars actually scored goals

I remember when my Pens were up by 4-0 against the Avs earlier in the season. Andddddd, the Avs came back

This five defenseman thing is perhaps backfiring

When you slow it down he didn’t push him that hard I thought it was embellishment. You can blame all the people that embellished for that rule.

Avs didnt play their best game, but it was enough

5.5 goals per game against the best defensive team in the NHL and the soon to be vezina winner. That’s what teams have to keep in mind when defending against the avs.

The Avs looked sluggish during the first period, but it was somewhat expected after having a week off. But they came out period 2 and looked like themselves.

The refs missed a lot of calls that should’ve resulted in the Avs getting some PP time. High sticks in the first, clutching and grabbing in all the periods.

3-0 lead. What could possibly go wrong?

Manson had one hand on the stick on the hook and the stars player fell forward not pulled back from the hook. Embellishment!

Absolute nail-biter. Playoff OT makes my heart pound so hard. GO AVS!!!

The part about the embellishment that i don't see talked about is there was no way he should have fallen from that hook. Much like Robertson should have gotten embellishment for that hit to the head that left him sprawling out on the ice like he was tripped up 🤣 if he didn't fall when he was hooked on the hand, they wouldn't have called embellishment.

Dallas really let Colorado off the carpet here. They had Colorado down and out, and they let them back in, and they lost the game. These are the type of games you look back when series are over and kick yourself.

I agree with the embellishment. It was a weak one handed hook up by Miros left hand and his right foot just goes flying in the air for no reason. Definitely trying to sell it

Hintz embellished because the stick was in his torso/hands and he kicked his legs out and fell. No reason to do that with the stick in the midsection. Easy embellishment call.

This is easily the most excited I’ve been since the Cup win!! What a finish!! LET’S GO AVS!!!

THG is one of my favorite pods, thanks for what you do!

Good comeback for the Avs but tough for Stars fans out there. But, this series isn't over, not by a long shot.

Shannon’s “ref you kinda suck” was golden. 😂

Georgiev was money in OT and in periods 2 & 3! This series is going to be a battle & good hockey. HG you look good in Avs wear!✌🏻❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻🇨🇦

That was an embellishment. The stick barely touched him, and he went flying....idk thats my opinion.

Colorado is the best team in the league at fighting back from underneath. I wonder how they'd do in the playoffs vs a team like the Canes that would try to lull them to sleep before striking late.

The Avs are that beer league team that has a few ringers that hang back the whole game and then when they're team falls behind, they turn it up to 11 and smoke everyone to get their team back up in the game.

Avs had some rust, brushed it off, and then crushed.

no welcome back, that’s how hard this went

A commercial hit right as you said I'm not going to be up late😂 perfect comedic timing by you tube...

I thought the embellishment call was about as weak as the call that caused it

Yall were clowning on winnipeg but the avs are no joke!!!!! If they keep playing like this they might win it all.

Dallas straight up choked.

I was expecting the “bottoms up”

Hintz felt the hook and went full Superman. Clear dive.

I mean, it was clearly embellished. He get tapped on the shin and then launched himself down with both skates leaving the ice. It honestly should’ve been the second embellishment after Robo dove to the ice in the first to sell a high stick.

Sorry Shannon but this is my team, Let’s go Avs!

Shannon, you’re so amazing at this. You have the least unbiased “biased” reporting in any sport.

Miles Wood was never a bum for the devils. He was one of my favorite players in the team and I was sad to see him go. To be fair though, he was a liability at times and was a co-owner of the penalty box with Brendan Smith

Gotta be honest, i thought it was embellishment in real time. The replay confirmed it. He left his skates for no reason.

Georgie was spectacular in OT.. Imagine if he could develop some consistency. On the penalty, either call both or call nothing. It wasn’t really a hook and he flew down to the ice.. so.

It is one game. Dallas is not done yet.

Go Avs Go!!!

I believe they restored the assists on the Nichuskin goal

Flames win the cup

As a Stars fan, they will not win this series if guys like Seguin, Pavelski and Hintz dont step up. Combined 1 goal for them in 8 games (EN by Hintz). Not gonna get it done. Response time in game 2.

Never say die. Go Avs!

This is going to be an excellent series.

Still liking the Avs' prospects this year

What a birthday win!!! Let’s go Avs!!!!

Anyone that’s played hockey knows that was embellishment.

Avs were rusty, but the longer game ran, it was the Stars that run out of steam. Heiskanen running 30mins after McKinnon started to show in the end.

Did you not see the replay of the hintz trip? He falls after second after the contact for the trip occurs. Maybe he didn’t embellish, but he didn’t fall when his skate was contacted

RIP STARS

Love that your Fandom still allows a good review. On a side note sports radio in Denver is saying that was not embellishment but we will take it.

Love the "old school" Avs jersey! The biggest mistake was changing that design. (I miss the old name/number font almost as much as the foot patch)

look like hintz has been hanging out with lebron

I was watching the end of Rangers Canes game, watching the scoreboard, 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 still the first. I switched back to the Dallas game gave up on the 2nd OT. I was curious to see if Colorado can come back. They did. And Langeskog is still not in the line up. This team may only have 1 line, but that is one hell of a line.

Avs fan here. I half agree with you on the embellishment call. I think it was partially a makeup call from the missed high stick on Towes and on Robertson's embellishment when he got high-sticked. But also, he kind of took a dive.

Babe wake up, the hockey guy posted

Insane game

I agree, what have the Oilers done to deserve to be cup favorites?

Colorado has the toolbox to eliminate the Boilers. Keep it going.

Wowsers what a game

Great games tonight

no quit boys no quit

stars fans made the same mistake jets fans made... chanting at the avs goalie

Huge effort by Miles Wood to score the game winner. Oettinger, a poke check might have stopped him.

I still haven't learned not to give up on a Colorado game.

It's what they do and have done all year. They have not yet played a full dominant 60 minutes against the Avs. Even in the game they won scoring 7 goals they still gave up 5 and had to hold on for dear life. I was really confident after getting past Vegas but all of that confidence is GONE!! They'll be fortunate to win 1-2 games before booking their Tee times. That was just a pathetic collapse.

It was absolutely embellishment. Either way the way the stars were playing in the 3rd probably wouldn't have mattered.

So, Dallas has to win game 2 or it could be a fast series? I'm having Deja Vu to the Dallas / Vegas series. The first two wins didn't propel my Knights. ESPN had their own game... how to screw with the fans. They cut away from the last 45 seconds or so of the third period of NYR / CAR where Carolina had a power play to show the pre-game skating of this game, then somebody probably got on the Heidi Phone and tore somebody a new one until they went back to it. Then they cut away from this game to go back to the eastern game OT, and I couldn't guess the new channel fast enough to see the first goal. I think it switched from ESPNU to ESPN2 to ESPN over the course of the night.

Im with you Shannon… I don’t consider myself to be one that dwells on missed calls and poor officiating. But I want to vent about this.. At the time that Hintz was taken down and then called for embellishment Dallas had a lot of O zone pressure at an extremely critical point. Dallas would have had a really big opportunity to score and finish the game in regulation. I get refs not wanting to have that large of an impact on a game but they had a much larger impact by evening this up with an embellishment call. Some have said that it evened out because of the “non-call” for embellishment on Robertson earlier in the game. Do I think Robertson was a bit dramatic, maybe.. But it’s still an illegal stick infraction and a missed call at one point in the game does not constitute a completely blown/inappropriate call later in the game especially at such a critical moment. Furthermore, the argument could be made that the Avs likely have the advantage at 4 on 4. So if this entire series is as close as game 1 like everyone is expecting it to be and Dallas falls in game 7.. One can look back at this call and ask “what if…? That call has so much potential to impact the outcome of the series. This is exactly what the refs want to avoid right? Again, I don’t question officiating often.. I don’t even really ask “what if…?” because well.. it doesn’t matter. But - My suggestion to you. A video or maybe even a video series maybe in the off season about blown calls with similar circumstances in which officiating may have very well made the difference in the series or game.

We might not have scored on Hintz call, however it very well could have been a large momentum change.