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The Colorado Avalanche have taken a 2-0 Western Conference Finals series lead over the Edmonton Oilers after Nadem Kadri powered the Avs to a 4-0 home win on Thursday.
A scoreless second-period tie turned into a 3-0 Avalanche lead in 2:04 thanks largely to Kadri, who had three primary assists and now has six goals and eight helpers in 12 playoff games.
Kadri initially received credit for the first goal, but that one eventually went to Artturi Lehkonen, who deflected it in.
Josh Manson and Mikko Rantanen scored the second and third goals, respectively.
Kadri did excellent work on the third by feeding Rantanen on a two-on-one for the insurance goal, which occurred six minutes into the second period.
That was more than enough for the Avalanche, who shut down the Oilers thanks in part to goaltender Pavel Francouz’s 24 saves. Nathan MacKinnon also added a late power-play goal for the 4-0 win.
Kadri was this game’s superstar, though, and Twitter gave him due credit for his performance.
StatsCentre @StatsCentre
Fastest 3 assists by a player in a <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/StanleyCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#StanleyCup</a> Playoff game:<br>1:13- BOS’s Ray Bourque (May 6, 1988 vs NJD)<br>1:55- VAN’s Henrik Sedin (May 22, 2011 vs SJS)<br>2:00- STL’s Chris Pronger (April 27, 1998 vs LAK)<br>2:04- <a href=”https://twitter.com/Avalanche?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Avalanche</a> forward Nazem Kadri (Tonight in the 2nd period against EDM) <a href=”https://t.co/ODLCIgGG2h”>pic.twitter.com/ODLCIgGG2h</a>
NHL Public Relations @PR_NHL
Talk about an <a href=”https://twitter.com/Avalanche?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Avalanche</a> of goals. ????️<a href=”https://twitter.com/43_Kadri?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@43_Kadri</a> had three assists in the middle frame to match the franchise record for most in a playoff period (also Risto Siltanen in Game 5 of 1987 DSF & Joe Sakic in Game 2 of 1996 SCF). <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHLStats?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#NHLStats</a>: <a href=”https://t.co/eKwm5QTTFV”>https://t.co/eKwm5QTTFV</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/StanleyCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#StanleyCup</a> <a href=”https://t.co/bH7Na0zvEn”>pic.twitter.com/bH7Na0zvEn</a>
Arielle Orsuto @ArielleOrsuto
A three point night already for Nazem Kadri. He’s been alright this postseason.<a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/goavsgo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#goavsgo</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/9sports?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#9sports</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/standwithnaz?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#standwithnaz</a>
Kadri, who scored a goal during the Avalanche’s 8-6 Game 1 win, will now look to help lead Colorado to a Game 3 win when the Avs visit Edmonton on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.
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