The Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning met for the first time in the Stanley Cup Finals. The final series, which had already been leveled in advance, was in line with estimates, as soon as the opening game went into the playoffs. Andre Burakovsky, who scored a 4–3 victory in Colorado, became the hero.
The Colorado Avalanche home crowd got to excite their team’s first Stanley Cup final in 21 years for all the money. The first final of the Colorado and Tampa Bay Lightning progressed to the playoffs.
The first finalist’s hero in Denver was the Swedish striker Avalanche to the delight of the home crowd Andre Burakovsky, who scored the match in time for 61.23. The final score of the match was 4–3 in favor of Colorado.
Burakovsky’s goal was also a bit of a Tampa Bay goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevskin misfortune. Vasilevski prepared to counter the Avalanche striker JT Compherin shots, but the attacker’s bounce bounced off the Lightning defender’s shelters To Valery Nitshushkin. This moved the puck transversely to Burakovsky, who loaded the puck past Vasilevsky, who was left in a low lateral motion.
You can watch Burakovsky’s winning goal in the video below.
The Finns got to play a key role in the initial launch of Colorado. Artturi Lehkonen controlled one overpower hit and Mikko Rantanen offered two goals. Rantanen started with his wrist shot Gabriel Landeskogin to hit the opening goal and fired a shot directed by Lehkonen into the goal in a 3–1 hit.
Click on the main picture of Lehkonen’s paint by clicking. Below you can see the 1-0 goal of Landeskog in the video.
Colorado also excelled in the first round in the defensive direction in addition to his dangerous offensive game. Only Nick Paul was able to bounce one goal for Tampa Bay at the end of his individual performance, but otherwise the pace of the home team was a big challenge for the lightning shirts.
The hosts received towing assistance from Tampa’s ice bath, Lehkonen’s paint was created by the superiority of two men. Head coach of Tampa Bay Jon Cooper went very hot with his players Mikhail Sergatshyov and Anthony Cirellin successive coolers. Camp crimes came just 27 seconds apart.
In the second set, Lightning showed why it is a two-time reigning Stanley Cup champion and for the third time in a row in the finals. The away team had more control over the pace of the game and played according to their own wishes. Ondrej Palat and Sergatshjovamped the goal man in 48 seconds, and Tampa Bay had risen to the levels once again.
Watch Palat and Sergatshov’s hits in the videos below.
The third installment did not provide goals, but Tampa Bay experienced Pat Maroon offered his opponent a place to settle the match on his game delay shelf. Just a minute and 24 seconds before the end of the third round, the puck shot by Maroon gave Colorado a chance to win the match. However, the game progressed until the sequel, and Maroon’s cool didn’t solve the game.
Colorado finally got to enjoy the shout-out of its home crowd in the wake of victory. The Avalanche got their first attachment to the Stanley Cup, which requires four wins to win. The next final will also be played in the Colorado home hall.
You can see all the goals of the match in the goal summary below. will show all the Stanley Cup finals between Colorado and Tampa Bay live. The live broadcast of the next final will start on Sunday 19 June at 3.00 on TV2 and Arena.