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Today, Tampa offers a wide variety of experiences for all. He played in Tampa’s first 13 postseason games.Downtown Tampa along the Hillsborough River. … Lightning defenseman Cal Foote, the son of Avs legend and 19 Stanley Cup champion Adam Foote, also took warmup but was scratched for the fifth consecutive game. Defenseman/forward Kurtis MacDermid took a warmup for the Avs but was later scratched. They both might return to the lineup at some point in the series. Injured Avalanche forwards Nazem Kadri (right thumb) and Andrew Cogliano (right hand) skated Wednesday before the full-team morning skate. “It’s a helluva hockey team over there,” Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said.įootnotes. The two-time defending champions were impressed with the Avs. Sergachev and teammate Anthony Cirelli took tripping penalties 27 seconds apart to put the visitors in a big hole. Kuemper shaded to the left post when the puck bounced in the middle and Paul tapped it in.īut Colorado regained a two-goal lead a little more than five minutes later when Lehkonen made a back-door tap-in from Rantanen on a 5-on-3 power play. He and defenseman Erik Johnson appeared to get crossed up on a simple dump-in and Tampa Bay forward Nick Paul beat Johnson to the puck. The Lightning got within 2-1 on a fortunate bounce in front of Kuemper later in the first period. MacKinnon kept the puck in the offensive zone near the blue line and shuffled it to the big Russian, whose shot skimmed off a defender and past Vasilevskiy.
Vasilevskiy thought he smothered the puck but it trickled behind him and Landeskog swatted it in. The Avs killed it off, as they did throughout, and scored 40 seconds after it expired.īyram moved the puck up ice to Rantanen and the right winger shot from the left circle. So give them credit for pulling it out.”Ĭolorado’s 2-0 lead emerged after Avs defenseman Josh Manson took the game’s first penalty, a holding minor, at 5:07 into the first period. But there were stretches of that game I liked what we were doing and stretches I didn’t.” “We probably dipped our toes in the water at the beginning of the game and obviously dug ourselves a hole. “Anytime you lose Game 1, you’re not feeling great about it,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. Only the 1972 Bruins (four) had more in a Game 1. It’s a hockey game and it was in our hands again.”Ĭolorado’s three first-period goals tied for second-most ever through the opening 20 minutes of the Stanley Cup Final. “They score two quick ones - kind of shocked us a little bit,” said Avs winger Mikko Rantanen, who had two assists in the first period. It was a huge letdown for the Avs after a fantastic first period. Palat beat Avs defenseman Cale Makar to the net for a back-door tap-in from linemate Nikita Kucherov at 12:51, and Sergachev sent a long wrist shot through traffic and past Darcy Kuemper at 13:39. Leading 3-1 after the opening frame, Colorado saw its lead disappear in 48 seconds midway through the second period with Tampa Bay goals from left winger Ondrej Palat and defenseman Mikail Sergachev. In a seven-game series, you can’t get caught up admiring the win.” “It’s a big win, but we’ll enjoy tonight and then we’ll move on and prepare for Game 2. “It’s the best hockey there is in the world,” said Avs rookie defenseman Bo Byram, 21, who was born four days after Bourque and the 2001 team hoisted the Cup. The next chase is three victories away from completion. That game capped Bourque’s Hall of Fame career. It was the first Stanley Cup Final game in Denver since Game 7 in 2001 - the night current general manager Joe Sakic accepted the Cup and immediately handed it to 40-year-old defenseman Ray Bourque of Boston Bruins’ lore. “I don’t see why there’s any reason why we have a letdown going into Game 2 knowing the importance of the game.” “I liked our push at the end of the second (period) and I liked our third,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said of the second half of the game after Tampa Bay rallied from a 3-1 deficit.
Game 2 is Saturday night as Colorado goes for its third Stanley Cup title. “I’m focused on not letting one in and trusting the guys they’re going to get the job done. “Bolt of energy, excitement,” Kuemper said of Burakovsky’s overtime goal. Goalie Darcy Kuemper made 20 saves and backstopped a perfect 3-for-3 penalty kill. The Avs, who blew 2-0 and 3-1 leads, produced 38 shots and also got goals from fellow forwards Gabe Landeskog, Nichushkin and Artturi Lehkonen (power play).