Injuries and drama ensue as Colorado Avalanche take Game 3

To make matters worse, the Blues scored a couple minutes later to take the 1-0 lead, on a shot that broke Devon Toews’ stick and went into the net.

But then, it was the Blues who started to suffer bad luck. First, they lost goaltender Jordan Binnington only a few minutes after taking the lead after Avs center Nazem Kadri knocked Blues defender Calle Rosen into him. It’s a big blow for the Blues, as Binnington has played a huge role in the team’s resurgence after going down 2-1 to the Minnesota Wild in the first round, and kept them in this series against the Avs. He had a 4-1 record and a .948 save percentage heading into Game 3.

To add salt to the wound, Ville Husso, who replaced Binnington, had a rough game in relief, stopping only 19 of 23 shots in the loss.

Kadri wasn’t done causing nightmares for the Blues either, as he scored the go-ahead goal and the first of the two goals the Avs scored in the second to take a 3-1 lead. Ryan O’Reilly cut the lead in half, and the Blues failed to complete the comeback in a 5-2 loss, but they at least refused to give Kadri the satisfaction of having the game-winning goal.

That wasn’t the end of the drama either. In the postgame interview, Kadri believes that Binnington threw a water bottle at him while reacting to the collision. This series is about to get really interesting.