Loved Smith's game tonight. He did almost get Fantanberg killed on one pass but got better with his puck handling as the game went on as they showed in the broadcast adjusting to what the Avs were doing when he had the puck.
Thought pretty much everyone did their jobs well. Lindholm stepped up the physical game. Hathaway with the big hit to free the puck leading to that beauty goal by Mangipane was a big weight off everyone's shoulders it felt.
If there was a goat out there - I'd say Monahan who weirdly let a few pucks just float by him on the boards on the cycle but I felt he upped his intensity a bit in the third so hopefully he's rounding into playoff form.
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