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Colorado Avalanche: Best Goals vs. Minnesota 2017-2018

By Nadia Archuleta

DENVER, CO - JANUARY 06: Nathan MacKinnon #29 of the Colorado Avalanche celebrates with his bench after scoring a goal against the Minnesota Wild at the Pepsi Center on January 6, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. The Avalanche defeated the Wild 7-2. (Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - JANUARY 06: Nathan MacKinnon #29 of the Colorado Avalanche celebrates with his bench after scoring a goal against the Minnesota Wild at the Pepsi Center on January 6, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. The Avalanche defeated the Wild 7-2. (Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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ST. PAUL, MN – MARCH 13: Colorado Avalanche Defenceman Nikita Zadorov (16) fires a shot that would find the back of the net for a 2nd period goal during a NHL game between the Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche on March 13, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. The Avalanche defeated the Wild 5-1.(Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Zadorov’s Game-Winning One-Timer

The March 13, 2018 game was the final meeting of the series for the two teams. Like I said before, this 2017-18 series was already proving cathartic.

The catharsis continued with this last game, which the Colorado Avalanche won 5-1. And it was Nikita Zadorov who scored the game winner. The goal came with just over five minutes left in the second period with the score tied 1-1.

Carl Soderberg fights for possession in the Minnesota end. He gets the puck to linemate Blake Comeau, who passes it to a Zadorov jumping into the play.

Zadorov takes one long stride and drops to his knee. He releases a one-timer that flies past Devan Dubnyk, hits a post and ricochets into the net:

The Avalanche were actually playing 4-on-4 hockey. Both Nate Prosser and Gabriel Landeskog were in the penalty boxes for roughing — this was the scene in which

Landy tells Nate

to “go back on waivers.” Normally our cap for waivers-boy wouldn’t be a good tradeoff, but Zadorov made it work.

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