At 7: 2 against the Nashville Predators lay the Colorado Avalanches 5-0 lead by the end of the first period. Nathan MacKinnon scored twice and set up another hit. Also Cale Makar had three scorer points at the start of the series in mode with one goal and two assists best of seven.
To advance to the second round of playoffs a team needs four wins. Sturm was on the ice for a goal, but didn’t have a shot on the goal himself in almost eleven minutes.