Colorado broke into the iceberg of Tampa Bay – this is how Mikko Rantanen served three passes in the crushers: “Every day we succeeded as individuals”

If the first NHL Stanley Cup final was tight and steady, in the second game the Colorado Avalanche didn’t give the away team Tampa Bay Lightning a return. The host team broke the reigning champion in Denver with a score of 7-0. Colorado now leads the final series with 2-0 victories.

About the Finns of Colorado Mikko Rantanen shared three goals in the match. Artturi Lehkonen was left without points and was instead part of a mass wrestling seen towards the end of the match, for which he received a 2 + 2 minute penalty for violence.

– Today was a step for the better for myself and the whole team. It feels like my own game goes hand in hand with the team. Today we succeeded as individuals, Rantanen, who has now given five goals to the finish line in the final series, recently commented to Sport after the end of the match.

Colorado was once again the opening game model in the 1st installment of the rude host. The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back. The reigning champion Tampa Bay had a lot of trouble getting out of his territory in an organized way. There were hardly any attacks from guests.

Avalanche, on the other hand, got a perfect start to the first set in the offensive direction. First Tampa hard Ryan McDonagh took a senseless violent penalty just minutes after the game, after breaking into Colorado JT Compheria with a transverse racket on his back. This cool avenged as soon as the hosts Valeri Nitshushkin controlled the game’s opening hit.

Watch the Colorado opening paint in the video below.

Next time the net dusted the guests Andrei Vasilevskin behind when Tampa’s five-game betrayed. Surprisingly, Colorado hosted an attack after the corner press with up to four against two Josh Manson decided with his wrist shot in the back corner.

Watch Manson’s textbook-like counter-paint in the video below.

The third Colorado hit in the batch was the result of a slower attack. Mikko Rantanen shot a low wrist shot from skating on the left b-point and Andre Burakovsky your ink inside the loose disc. Tampa Bay was in distress.

And the emergency did not end in the second installment. Nitshushkin shot each other from Rantanen ‘s second goal pass tonight and Darren Helm tapped the counterattack. The game was 5-0 after the second set and the head coach of the away team Jon Cooper still decided to keep the champion Vasilevsky at his goal.

Rantanen served one more feed for the evening, while the star defender Cale Makar woke up two goals to the final set.

Watch Makar’s handsome superiority hit in the video below. You can see all of Rantanen’s feeds in the video on the spot.

Tampa’s biggest problem in the game turned out to be finding his own rhythm. The double defending champion, who controlled the pace of the game at his best, was able to settle for the pace set by Colorado.

This in turn ensured that the home team was allowed to hold the puck and strike their fast-paced counter-attacks as Tampa Bay’s five-way defense stalled already at the attacking head. Colorado had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks.

In addition to Colorado’s superiority attacks, the vulnerability of Tampa Bay defenders to error was highlighted under intense pressure. Usually very confident Victor Hedman, Mikhail Sergatshov and Ryan McDonagh handled the puck in bad places and shared bad passes under the bitterness. Avalanche’s well-executed way of playing Puri in Tampa, too.

– At least it worked today. We were able to keep up the pressure throughout the match when in the last game we only managed to do it every now and then. Today we succeeded right from the start. That way we got goals, so it was much better, Rantanen estimated after the match.

Frustration shone from the faces of the lightning shirts and the game. During the match, it was seen a number of situations where the away team’s players were trying to fetch brawls with the Avalanche players through extra contacts and cam pops.

The teams will next meet on Tuesday morning Finnish time at 3.00. The series will now move to Tampa, Florida, after two games in Denver.

– It was vital that we kept our home in this series. We already know and saw from the Rangers series how good Tampa is at home. The Rangers led the series 2-0, but Tampa came past from behind. We need to enjoy this moment and then forget about it

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Below you will find all the goals for the 2nd final of the Stanley Cup.