It’s hard to win hockey games when you don’t score goals.
After exploding for five in Game 1, the Colorado Avalanche were limited to four goals total in Games 2 and 3.
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This cannot continue.
For the Avalanche to advance past the Dallas Stars, things have to change. The players responsible for carrying the offensive load need to step up.
The big guns need to start firing.
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Valeri Nichushkin
Valeri Nichuskin scored the Avalanche’s only goal against the Stars in Game 2. That said, he has a lot more to give the team.
He has only scored one goal on eight shots in three games. That shooting volume is fine, but fine shouldn’t be enough for Nichuskin, who is playing nearly 22 minutes a night.
Martin Necas
Martin Necas was a great addition to the Avalanche for the regular season. Now that it’s the playoffs, it’s time for him to prove if he is a big-game player or not.
In three games, he has one assist, and four shots in 22:43 of ice time per game. For someone who plays with Nathan MacKinnon as much as he does, Necas has to dig deep down and find more offense to give.
Brock Nelson
Things aren’t rosy for Brock Nelson in the playoffs right now. He hasn’t had great success with faceoffs (44.2 percent) and isn’t producing offensively (zero points) despite playing in the Avalanche’s top-six forward group.
It’s probably no accident that both Nichushkin and Nelson are struggling (considering they are linemates). It may be up to Jared Bednar to mix up the top-six so that the players who aren’t having success on the scoresheet can get the boost that they need to begin producing.
Things aren’t dire yet, however, if the Avalanche can’t turn things around on home ice on Saturday, the players may be practicing their golf swings earlier than expected.
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