An Avalanche Of Goals Gives Colorado Huge, Game 2 Win! 6/18/22

It was a huge night for the Colorado Avalanche on their home ice.  At 2:54 Nichushkin would open the scoring for the home team.  Then Manson would add another goal at 7:55, making it 2-0 Avalanche.  One more goal from Burakovsky at 13:52 would be the final goal of Period 1, resulting in a 3-0 lead for the Avalanche. 

Period 2 would add on an additional 2 goals for the home team Avalanche.  The first would come from Nichushkin at 4:51.  The second would come from Helm at 16:26.  5-0 Avalanche after Period 2 and 40 minutes of hockey.  

The Tampa Bay Lightning would elect to keep Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy in the net for the final 20 minutes tonight/  Given he's been a key to them winning the 2020 and 2021 Stanley Cup I can understand why, however with them going 7 Games in the Conference Final against a strong New York Rangers team it's obvious he could use a break.  The unfortunate thing is that they can't afford to not have him in net against an even strong Colorado Avalanche team.  Case and point, at 2:04, Maker would score for the Avalanche.  Then at 9:49 he'd score another goal.  This would give the Avalanche a 7-0 Lead with still over 10 minutes to play in Period 3.  7-0 would be the final tonight though, as the Avalanche take Game's 1 and 2, giving them a 2-0 series lead over the Lightning.  

Game 3 will be Monday night.  The dynamic will also change as the Avalanche now pack their bags and fly to Florida, where the Lightning will host Games 3 and 4.  Just as before, Game 3 will have a puck drop of 8:00 PM EST.  We'll see if the Lightning, once back on their home ice with their own fans, can turn this into a series.        

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