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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