PHILADELPHIA — Mackenzie Blackwood has an excellent memory.

Shortly after helping the Colorado Avalanche defeat the Philadelphia Flyers and logging his second victory in fewer than 24 hours, Blackwood’s best guess was he had played in back-to-back games 10 times in his NHL career.

Upon further review, Blackwood had played in … 10 sets of back-to-backs in his career before this weekend.

“It’s always a grind,” the Avs goaltender said. “The fact that it’s early makes it a little bit easier, but yeah still a grind. It’s hard to get a good sleep. It’s more your brain the second day. Body is OK, but just getting your brain is harder.”

Now, the word “played” is definitely helping him out here. Blackwood had started both ends of a back-to-back five times, but he also made an appearance in bo

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