Avalanche on the cusp of dethroning Lightning and winning third Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup can be within the constructing tonight when the Colorado Avalanche welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to Denver’s Ball Area for Sport 5 of the NHL remaining.
The Avalanche lead the best-of-seven sequence 3-1 and are on the cusp of profitable their third Cup title and first since 2001.
The Lightning are nonetheless within the combine to seize their third straight championship, however the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs are the one workforce to return again from a 3-1 deficit within the Cup remaining.
Colorado moved to inside a win of the title with a 3-2 additional time victory Wednesday in Tampa, Fla.
Nazem Kadri scored the profitable objective in his return from a thumb harm suffered within the Western Convention remaining.
The objective was not with out controversy, as Lightning coach Jon Cooper believes the Avs had too many gamers on the ice and will have been penalized.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed June 24, 2022.
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