Gabriel Landeskog found an early way to calm down the Colorado Avalanche — he dropped the gloves and brawled.
That fighting spirit energized a roaring crowd — biggest of the season — and certainly rubbed off on the team.
Nathan MacKinnon scored the tiebreaking goal 30 seconds into the third period and wrapped it up with an empty-netter, Philipp Grubauer stopped 22 shots and the Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Monday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
Game 2 is Wednesday.
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