VIDEO Tampa has reached the first final in overtime: Colorado’s quick shot in just 83 seconds! – Športky.sk

JT Compher celebrates André Burakovsky’s overtime goal Source: SITA / AP / John Locher DENVER – Colorado Avalanche hockey players have successfully entered the NHL playoff final series. In the opening match, they defeated two-time Stanley Cup defender Tampa Bay Lightning 4: 3 after extra time on Thursday. Andre Burakovsky decided the victory for the home team in the 83rd second. Slovak defender Erik Černák played for the guests 19:53 min., Gave three hits and blocked five shots of the opponent – the most of all players on the ice. Tampe failed to start the match, she lost 0: 2 in the 10th minute, but gradually she started and in the second period she managed to equalize from 1: 3 to 3: 3. In the 2nd minute of the overtime, however, the guests did not pay attention to the action of JT Compher, although his attempt managed to block, but Valery Nichushkin got to the puck, who beat Burakovsky and the Swedish winged wing decided the triumph of Colorado with the first shot. Iconic. #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/1nSzkJBl8f – NHL (@NHL) June 16, 2022 “It’s a great feeling. I think we fought really hard all over the match. In the second period we had a bit of a mental downtime, we didn’t win fights. a puck, but in the third part we shook it off, “said Burakovsky, who scored for the second time in this year’s elimination. “Andre has played well in recent games and he deserves a goal. Nichushkin and Gabriel Landeskog contributed to the victory with both goals and assists, Rantanen had two assists. X-Factor Colorado entered the goal with Darcy Kuemper. He recovered from an injury he suffered in the first game of the Western Conference final against Edmonton, and his coaches preferred him to the Czech Pavel Francouz. In the opening final duel, he performed 20 successful interventions. On the contrary, after the thumb operation, there were no centers Nazem Kadri or another “avalanche” striker Andrew Cogliano. Another important goal in the playoffs was scored by Artturi Lehkonen, who came to Denver before the end of the exchanges from Montreal. In the first period, he increased to 3: 1 and did a good job of weakening for his team. “We did excellent forcing and we were able to throw pucks out of our zone,” said a Finnish striker, who was also praised by Colorado coach Jared Bednar: “It’s an important X-factor for us. he kept the game plan, even though his opponent was able to equalize from 1: 3 to 3: 3. We showed great resistance. ” After missing 10 matches, Brayden Point returned to the Lightning team, starting for the first time from an injury in the lower part of the body, which he inflicted in the 1st round in match no. 7 with Toronto. The elite center started in the middle of Tampa’s third attack and scored assistance with the first goal from Nick Paul’s stick. Photo gallery (8) Source: SITA / AP / John Locher “He deserved a better team. We need to pay tribute to the opponent for how he managed the first match. I don’t think we gave our best performance if we want to succeed in the final and such a strong opponent. “Despite the loss, there were positive elements in our game that we can build on,” said Tampa coach Jon Cooper, according to AP. The Avalanche players came out especially in the first period, in which they scored three goals out of 15 shots. The “lightning” goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky had 34 successful interventions, for the first time in his career (after 99 matches) he collected more than two goals in the playoff match in the first period. Colorado shot the opponent 38:23. If Tampa wants to think of winning the third cup in a row to mimic the success of the 1980-83 New York Islanders dynasty, he will have to add in the next game. “We were able to return to the match, we settled and got the duel into overtime. Everything is possible in it. Of course, we didn’t want such a start to the series. We will have to change some things and we will definitely have a better start to the next duel,” said the captain. Tampy Steven Stamkos. The second match of the final series for the Stanley Cup is scheduled for Sunday night at 2.00 CEST again in Denver Colorado Avalanche – Tampa Bay Lightning 4: 3 pp (3: 1, 0: 2, 0: 0 – 1: 0)
Goals: 8. Landeskog (Rantanen, Byram), 10. Nichushkin (MacKinnon), 18. Lehkonen (Rantanen, Landeskog), 62. Burakovsky (Nichushkin, Compher) – 13. Paul (Hedman, Point), 33. Palát (Kučerov , McDonagh), 34. Sergačov (Hagel, Cirelli). Judges: Dwyer, Sutherland – Barton, Daisy, disqualification: 4: 4 for 2 min., Power-ups: 1: 0, weakening: 0: 0, 17,778 spectators. Colorado Avalanche: Kuemper – Makar, Toews, Manson, J. Johnson, E. Johnson, Byram – Ničuškin, MacKinnon, Landeskog – Rantanen, Compher, Burakovsky – O’Connor, Helm, Lehkonen – Aube-Kubel, Sturm, Newhook Tampa Bay Lightning: Vasilevsky – Rutta, Hedman, ČERNÁK, McDonagh, Bogosian, Sergačov – Kučerov, Stamkos, Palát – Hagel, Cirelli, Killorn – Paul, Point, Colton – Perry, Bellemare, Maroon
/ series status: 1: 0 / The entry into the final series turned out better for the home team. In the opening match at the Ball Arena, they loomed with movement and took the lead in the 8th minute thanks to Captain Landeskog, when his shot from the left circle behind Černák fell to Vasilevský under the catch. In less than two minutes, the Lightning players were unable to throw the puck out of the defensive zone, Ničushkin got to him and he overcame the compatriot in the Tampa goal, this time with a shot on the kick – 2: 0. Only at this moment did he take over the reigning champion. He was helped by the hesitation of defender Erik Johnson, who let himself be overtaken by the emphatic Paul in the fight for the puck, who shuffled the puck in front of Kuemper and also reduced it with luck. However, Colorado still went to the locker room with a two-goal lead. In the 18th minute, he used a 5 to 3 power play, when Rantanen found a Lehkonen stick blade – 3: 1 on the back shaft. The home team shot “lightning” 15: 8 in the first period. Photo gallery (8) Source: SITA / AP / John Locher minutes erased the double goal deficit for 48 seconds. Kučerov showed himself first, who got rid of the opponent in a 2-on-2 situation and found in front of Palát’s goal – 3: 2. Subsequently, Sergačov caught Kuemper from the blue line as his shot went through the blocking players to the goal. In the third part, neither team wanted to make an unnecessary mistake. Tampa was able to cash in at the end of regular time when Maroon unhappily fired a puck from the defensive zone into the stands and received a two-minute penalty. However, his team stopped weakening, even at the beginning of the overtime. The situation from the second minute of extra time decided when Compher attacked the unconsolidated Lightning defense, the rebounded puck got to Nishushkin, who instead of the shot chose a pass for Burakovsky and he hit exactly into the exposed net – 4: 3. Photo gallery for article Number of photos: 8 Author: © VIDEO list: nhl.com; Twitter / NHL Source: TASR