Facts: The semifinals of the Stanley Cup
Colorado – Edmonton: 2-0 in matches. The next match is played the night before Sunday.
Tampa Bay – NY Rangers: 0-1. The next match is played the night before Saturday.
The playoffs are played in the best of seven matches.
Colorado thus leads the semifinal series with 2-0 in matches.
The home team Colorado started the scoring by storming forward and scoring three goals in just over two minutes at the beginning of the middle period. The third goal was team captain Gabriel Landeskog with and played until.
Edmonton has been a goal cannon through the playoffs – but this time the team’s stars were neutralized and Colorado’s second goalkeeper Pavel Francouz, who replaced injured Darcy Kuemper, made a successful jump and saved all of Edmonton’s 24 shots.
Colorado, on the other hand, thundered on with 40 shots and finally put 4-0 in powerplay at the end of the third period.
Edmonton’s stars Evander Kane and Connor McDavid have so far been almost unstoppable in this year’s NHL playoffs. Kane leads the shooting league on 13 goals. McDavid has scored the most points with 29 points. In the first semifinal against Colorado, the duo accounted for five points, of which one goal each, but it was still a Colorado victory with 8-6.
The teams meet again for semifinal three in Edmonton the night before Sunday, Swedish time.