Tampa Bay needs to stay out of the box against this Colorado PP unit. The goal makes it's 1-1 with 14:40 left in the second. MacKinnon's first goal of the #StanleyCup Final ties the game! pic. com/weOTP7CgOI 9:18 p. : Two big saves by Vasilesvkiy early in the second, one on a MacKinnon one-timer and another on Lehkonen slipping behind the defense. Now the Avs will get their first power play of the night as Hedman is called for interference. Colorado had two power play goals on Monday and have clicking at 33. 9% during these playoffs. End 1st period: Lightning 1, Avalanche 0 8:55 p. : After 20 minutes, it's 1-0 Lightning. A strong, fast start by Tampa Bay paid off with the Cirelli goal, but both teams settled down after the first couple of minutes.
Tampa Bay remains without a goal in the third period during this series. It's the second time the Avs and Lightning are going to extra time, Colorado earned the OT win in Game 1. 10:32 p. : Goal update, the second Avs goal was changed to Cogliano. Sturm is still looking for his first as an Av, but that's Cogliano's third of the playoffs. 10:31 p. : Both teams are locking it down on defense, not allowing a ton of shots. Tampa juts had two chances, both off the rush, First it was Corey Perry was a slap shot that Kuemper fought off, then a shot by Ryan McDonagh that he swallowed up.
Hedman puts the @TBLightning back in the lead! #StanleyCup pic. com/ysulaNmgLO — NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) June 23, 2022 9:23 p. : Right after the Landeskog goal, the Avs take a penalty as Bowen Byram hooks Victor Hedman. It looks like he lifted his stick cleanly on the first attempt, but got it in Hedman's hands on the second. 9:21 p. : GOAL! The power play for Colorado strikes again as it's MacKinnon who gets the goal. The pass goes off his skate and into the net, finally getting his first goal of the Stanley Cup Final.
Still 2-2 with 8:24 left in the third. 10:14 p. : GOAL! The Avs tie it up less than three minutes in. Andrew Cogliano's initial tipped shot was blocked but his second attempt hits off Nico Sturm and goes in, his first of the playoffs and first as an Av. That's the first 5 on 5 goal the Lightning have allowed at home since the first round.
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The score is still 1-0 with less than eight minutes left. 8:24 p. : Here's the ruling on why the play wasn't blown dead when Kuemper mask came off. Rule 9. 6: When a goalkeeper has lost his helmet and/or face mask and... the opposing team has control of the puck, play shall only be stopped if there is no immediate and impending scoring opportunity. — Down Goes Brown (@DownGoesBrown) June 23, 2022 8:20 p.
MORE: Watch the NHL playoffs on fuboTV (get access now) The victory, which was Colorado's fifth of the playoffs in overtime, now puts the Avs in the driver's seat, as they are just one win away from lifting the Stanley Cup for the first time since 2001. The Lightning are now tasked with winning three straight games against the Avs, with two of those contests being in Denver.
8:43 p. : Despite some extended time in Tampa's zone, the Avs aren't getting a lot of shots on net. We have less than six minutes left and they just got their second shot on goal of the period. 8:38 p. : After a fast start, things have slowed down on both sides. Nick Paul just had a great chance, stripping the puck away from an Avs defender in their zone and getting in alone on Kuemper, but didn't have enough time and space to get a good shot and Kuemper makes the stop.
9:35 p. : Avs are going back on the power play as Stamkos is called for hooking, getting right in on the hands of Landeskog cutting into the slot. Colorado can tie it up here with their red-hot power play. 9:31 p. : GOAL! The Lightning retake the lead as Hedman comes flying in, dekes around the Avs defenders and puts a backhand by Kuemper's blocker. Not a great goal by the Avs goaltender. Hedman has jumped up in the play twice with the puck, first resulting in the Byram penalty and now a goal, 2-1 Lightning with under 9:30 left in the second period.
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