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Paul Stastny thinks tonight is a must-win game for Colorado

Paul Stastny

Colorado Avalanche center Paul Stastny celebrates after scoring a third period goal against the Phoenix Coyotes during an NHL hockey game on Thursday, March 22, 2012, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

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After being ripped in the local paper after losing another tough game, the Colorado Avalanche have a tough road ahead of them to make the postseason and forward Paul Stastny knows it.

Stastny tells Mike Chambers of The Denver Post that the Avalanche, in spite of just being a point out of the eighth spot in the Western Conference, are in a must-win situation starting tonight against Vancouver.

“You have to win them all and hope for outcomes from other teams,” Stastny said. “We have to win (tonight) and have some luck go our way. All these teams we’re playing are tough teams. They’re all in the same race. Vancouver is playing for first place, and Calgary has a little chance. But (tonight) is a guaranteed must-win.”

For Colorado, their main focus is landing in either seventh or eighth and they’re one point back of the Stars and Coyotes for those spots.

Working against the Avs is that tonight’s game is one of four they have left. Much like the Flames last season, the teams they’re battling for the postseason with have a game or two in hand on them. Winning the rest of their games might be the only shot they have of making the playoffs.