Stanley Cup Final: Burakovsky's OT winner leads Avalanche

Stanley Cup Final: Burakovsky's OT winner leads Avalanche over Lightning in Game 1

"They are a good team," Landeskog told reporters. "They don't make it easy on you. You have to earn everything you get. ... It was a resilient win."

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Landeskog lit the lamp first 7:47 into the first period.

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Nichushkin doubled the Avalanche lead when he beat Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy again less than two minutes later.

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Lightning left wing Nicholas Paul cut the deficit in half when he scored 12:26 into the first

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Avalanche winger Artturi Lehkonen responded with a power-play shot past Vasilevskiy about five minutes later.

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Left wing Ondrej Palat and defenseman Mikhail Sergachev scored two unanswered goals in the second for the Lightning.

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Neither team found in the net in the third, which sent the game to overtime.

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