Please try again in a few minutes. Never underestimate the importance of winning Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals.
History says so.
Get ahead, stay ahead, and make sure Patrick Roy and Joe Sakic arrive at the arena safely. Score one for the Colorado Avalanche's flash and dash over the New Jersey Devils' crash and bash. Score one for the Colorado Avalanche's flash and dash over the New Jersey Devils' crash and bash. Score one for the Colorado Avalanche's flash and dash over the New Jersey Devils' crash and bash. New Jersey Devils wing Randy McKay broke his left hand in a collision with Colorado's Ray Bourque in the second period of the opening game of the Stanley Cup finals Saturday night.