Avalanche beat Blues to sweep series
Philipp Grubauer made 18 saves and Gabriel Landeskog scored the go-ahead goal in the second period as the Colorado Avalanche completed a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Blues with a 5-2 win Sunday in Game 4 of the West Division series.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) Philipp Grubauer made 18 saves and Gabriel Landeskog scored the go-ahead goal in the second period as the Colorado Avalanche completed a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Blues with a 5-2 win Sunday in Game 4 of the West Division series.
The Avalanche outscored the Blues 20-7 and trailed for only 7:12 over the four games. Grubauer stopped 103 of 110 shots over the four games. I thought we got a little better as the series went along, Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. It was a full 60-minute effort. The first three games we had some lapses in our game, some things that I didn t like. Tonight, I liked a lot.
Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice for St. Louis, which was swept for the first time since losing to the Los Angeles Kings in the second round in 2012.
Landeskog tipped in a shot from Samuel Girard at 14:53 of the second period to break a 1-1 tie.