The Stanley Cup Final will last at least six games this year after the Tampa Bay Lightning won Game 5 3-2, keeping the Colorado Avalanche away from the Cup for at least two more days. Game 6 is Sunday in Tampa (8 ET, ABC and ESPN +). With Colorado leading the series 3-2, what are … Read more
The Stanley Cup was in the building. The fans were buzzing. The Colorado Avalanche were on the precipice of a third championship. Then the game started, and the Tampa Bay Lightning displayed the resilience that has carried them to back-to-back Cups, and on to Game 6 in their quest for a three-peat. Their 3-2 win … Read more
The Stanley Cup is in the building. The Colorado Avalanche lead the best-of-seven series with the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-1. The Avs could close out the series and keep the Cup in the building in Friday’s Game 5. 1 Related Game 4, which ended in a 3-2 Colorado overtime win, did not come without controversy. … Read more
(3A) Lightning at (1C) Avalanche 8 pm ET; ABC, ESPN +, CBC, SN, TVAS Colorado leads best-of-7 series 3-1 The Colorado Avalanche can win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 2001 with a victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final at Ball Arena in Denver on … Read more
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The 2022 Stanley Cup Final could be decided Friday night in Denver, with the Colorado Avalanche holding a 3-1 lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Who needs to step up for the Lightning to force the series back to Tampa? Who is the Conn Smythe favorite? Will the Avs lift … Read more
TAMPA, Fla. – Nazem Kadri knows how to make an entrance. Colorado’s top-flight forward returned to the lineup following thumb surgery in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final against Tampa Bay on Wednesday and scored the overtime game-winner that gave the Avalanche a 3-2 win, and a 3-1 series lead. Now Colorado has a … Read more
TAMPA, Fla. – The Colorado Avalanche face a critical decision in the crease after starter Darcy Kuemper was pulled from a 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night. Kuemper allowed five goals on 22 shots before getting the hook midway through the second period. … Read more
TAMPA, Fla. – What a difference 48 hours and a venue change makes. Facing a 2-0 deficit in the 2022 Stanley Cup Final – and coming off a 7-0 loss to the Colorado Avalanche that felt even more lopsided than that score – the Tampa Bay Lightning returned home and threw an epic counterpunch, skating … Read more
The reigning Stanley Cup champions might have been on the ropes. But the Tampa Bay Lightning, winners of consecutive titles, returned home, and cut their two-game deficit down to one, defeating the Colorado Avalanche 6-2. It was not just the two-game deficit in the Stanley Cup Final that had Lightning fans concerned, it’s how the … Read more
DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche walloped the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-0 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday to take a commanding 2-0 series lead over the two-time defending Cup champions. It was a performance so good that even Avalanche coach Jared Bednar had no real notes on how to improve. “It … Read more