Denver — Tampa Bay Lightning ruined Colorado's party, winning the Stanley Cup title for the third straight victory and avalanche in Game 5 on Friday night I broke it 3-2.
Ondrey Palat scored with 6:22 remaining, and Andreiva Silevsky shot 36 shots in front of a noisy crowd hoping to celebrate the Avalanche championship for the first time in 21 years. I stopped. All the cups are shining, even inside the building.
Return to Game 6 Tampa on Sunday night. The Lightning Trail is the Best of Seven Series 3-2.
Nikita Kucherov and defense yan Lutta also scored Lightning. Valerie Nichushkin and Kale McCar scored a goal in Colorado. Macarl's third period tally bounced off Erikchernak's skates, passed through Vasilevsky's pads and tied at 2.
It was the stage of Palato who passed through the pad of Darcy Kaempfer. A short tranquility fell on the crowd.
Tampa Bay is an emotional game 4 at home with overtime goals From the Colorado Forward Nazemkadri, which was reorganized after suffering a defeat. Lightning felt that Avalanche might have had too many players on the winner's ice.
Too many players were called in on Friday with an ice penalty in Colorado, with 2:43 remaining. Lightning continued to power play, preventing Colorado from pulling Kaempfer until about 30 seconds left. They overcame the slow barrage of the avalanche.
Just lightning shows the spirit of their championship. They have already returned to Toronto from a 3-2 deficit in the first round and climbed from a 2-0 hole against the New York Rangers in the final of the Eastern Conference.
Once you've won this comeback series, you'll be in a completely different category. Will be done. After 3-1 in the series, only one team from the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs came together to conquer Round 7 in the final.
This is a gritty lightning team, and there are no signs of slowdown, either against the speedy avalanche team or after recording all the contests. Tampa Bay has played in 67 post-season games since the start of the first round of 2020. This is basically the whole season.
Their determination impressed Lightning coach John Cooper. His team improved to 3-0 this season when faced with a potential exclusion game.
Avalanche is about to win its first title since 2001. Avalanche fans were gaining momentum both inside and outside the building (upper level tickets on the day of the game were around $ 1,500). A nearby watch party.
Colorado knew it wasn't easy. Macar said this is "the toughest game ever."
For a visit to the Stanley Cup Finals, the avalanche is 2 to 2. They also won in 1996, the first season in Denver after moving from Quebec.
Kucherov scored a goal from the post shortly after Nikita scored a goal in the second. The goal of power play is J.T. Confer (holding a stick) and Macar (tripping), 4 to 3 situation.
At the first goal of the playoffs, Lutta robbed the crowd of some of the energy. It was a slap shot from the side that slipped through Kaempfer.
A good sign for Lightning — 55-25 is the team that scored the first goal when looking at the defeat in the final.
"If we chose, we would just write our name around the (cup) circle," Cooper cracked before the match.
