Avalanche Turning Point: Johansen’s Face-Off Ability Key To Game-Tying Goal (+)

In the Turning Point, we’ll take a look at one portion of the previous Colorado Avalanche game that changed the momentum of the night.

The Avalanche are expecting offensive production from Ryan Johansen, but he can still impact the game in positive ways, even if he’s not necessarily showing up on the scoresheet.

On Cale Makar’s game-tying goal, we saw how important it is to win a face-off cleanly when you’ve got an empty net, because once the Avalanche won the draw, the puck never left the zone.