But this is the part you can’t imagine — adrenaline, fatigue, pain, pressure, logistics, travel. Everyone has worked for years to get to this point. Each team has been playing for 10 months, going back to training camp in September. After the Lightning’s 3-2 win in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final at Ball … Read more
DENVER — Colorado coach Jared Bednar wasn’t happy about a controversial penalty call in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Friday that helped determine the Avalanche’s fate in a 3-2 loss to Tampa Bay. Bednar’s team led the series 3-1 entering Game 5 with a chance to hoist the Cup on home ice. … Read more
TAMPA, Fla. — In his series debut, Nazem Kadri scored the game-winning goal in overtime as the Colorado Avalanche outlasted the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-2, in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final Wednesday. The Avalanche now lead the series, 3-1, and can win their first title since 2001 on Friday night in Game 5 … Read more
TAMPA — Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning isn’t sure if coaches should be the ones to challenge goals under the NHL’s video review system. “I’m a believer — and I don’t know if I’m in the minority on this — but I don’t know if that should be in our hands,” Cooper said … Read more
The reigning Stanley Cup champions might have been on the ropes. But the Tampa Bay Lightning, winners of consecutive titles, returned home and cut their two-game deficit down to one, defeating the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 in Monday’s Game 3. It wasn’t just the two-game deficit in the Stanley Cup Final that had Lightning fans concerned; … Read more
DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche have a simple goal for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final: replicate how they played in a 7-0 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 on Saturday. “I was really impressed with our team’s performance last night,” coach Jared Bednar said before the Avalanche departed for Florida. … Read more
DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche walloped the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-0 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday to take a commanding 2-0 series lead over the two-time defending Cup champions. It was a performance so good that even Avalanche coach Jared Bednar had no real notes on how to improve. “It … Read more
Game 1 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final was a back-and-forth thriller, with the Colorado Avalanche winning a 4-3 contest in overtime over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Game 2 was … not nearly as thrilling, with the Avs jumping out to an early lead and then pouring it on en route to a 7-0 win. … Read more
The 2022 Stanley Cup Final between the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning got off to a rollicking start, with Colorado jumping out to a 3-1 lead in the first period, Tampa Bay tying it in the second, and the Avalanche prevailing 4-3 in overtime. What did we learn in Game 1 and how will … Read more
The Tampa Bay Lightning and Colorado Avalanche met Wednesday night for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final and it was a thrilling affair, with the Avalanche winning 4-3 in overtime. 1 Related The Lightning have their sights set on a three-peat, which would be the first time a team has won three consecutive NHL … Read more