![]() The Lightning’s Ondrej Palat was going to out-race Makar for the puck. Mike Chambers, Avalanche beat writer: At 4-on-4 in the Stanley Cup Final, do you really want to make that call on Cale Makar when he was simply trying to get his stick in front of him? He wasn’t going to get the puck behind Colorado’s net first. It’s more incredible when you consider that Nichushkin had four goals over his 42 career postseason games prior to the 2022 playoffs. His four goals over the Stanley Cup Final are tied for a franchise record with Joe Sakic (2001) and Alex Tanguay (2001). Kyle Fredrickson, sports reporter: What an incredible series for Val Nichushkin. ![]() But the Lightning power play finally woke up and made it 2-1 on Nikita Kucherov’s goal. Ryan O’Halloran, sports reporter: The Avalanche has 26 shots on goal, but is it me or is it passing too much and thus giving up too many chances? The Avs’ goal showed good things can happen when a puck is thrown on net - Cale Makar’s slap shot was saved, but the rebound was tapped home by Val Nichushkin for the 1-1 tie. Remember how we got warned that Tampa coach Jon Cooper’s whining after Game 4 was kinda/sorta/really about working the refs for the games to come? Apparently, politicking pays off. 29’s getting tugged, pulled, stalled or harassed pretty much every time down the ice - without much in the way of calls from the zebras. Speaking of MacKinnon, this team needs ya, baby. Sean Keeler, sports columnist: I thought UFC Fight Night was Saturday, but Pat Maroon’s takedown of Nathan MacKinnon in the neutral zone got things off to an early start. The surprise is Tampa Bay isn’t leading by more than 2-1 with all the calls going the Lightning’s way. Mark Kiszla, sports columnist: While you might rightfully condemn Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper for being a whiner, his too-many-men-on-the-ice tantrum after Game 4 was brilliant gamesmanship that seems to have clearly influenced the zebras tonight. 10 of these playoffs be coming soon for the Avs? - Matt Schubert Second intermission analysis But also call it 2-2 early on in the third period. The Avs defenseman got another playoff goal after Andrei Vasilevskiy was unable to corral his snapshot, and the rebound deflected off a Lightning defenseman up front and through the legs of Vasy. ![]() Especially when it’s Cale Makar doing it. Tied back up □ #GoAvsGo /c4aMyr61xSĪll even (8:22 p.m.): Good things happen when you put the puck on net. Coming off a patient offensive sequence, Palat received a perfect centering feed with an unmolested look on goal and rocketed it hard enough to trickle through the five hole of Avs goaltender Darcy Kuemper. (8:45 p.m.): A big playoff goal for the Lightning from, of course, Ondrej Palat (his 11th of the postseason). ONDREJ FREAKIN' PALAT /wmdL8tirfgĭown, again. And, yes, we’re talking about that too-man-men-on-the-ice whistle that was pretty much called by Jon Cooper himself. We’re headed back to Tampa Bay after plenty of Lightning grit, and a heck of a lot of penalty luck. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menuīack to Tampa Bay (9:01 p.m.): A crowd ready to erupt. ![]()
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