{"id":1523645,"date":"2022-06-20T08:49:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T12:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1523645"},"modified":"2022-06-20T08:49:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T12:49:42","slug":"avalanche-take-commanding-2-0-series-lead-over-lightning-in-stanley-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/avalanche-take-commanding-2-0-series-lead-over-lightning-in-stanley-cup-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche Take Commanding 2-0 Series Lead over Lightning in Stanley Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Favalanche-take-commanding-2-0-series-lead-over-lightning-in-stanley-cup-final%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1523645&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Tampa Bay Lightning came into Game 2 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final with a plan. <\/p>\n<p>But like Mike Tyson once said, everybody\u2019s got a plan until they get punched in the face. Or in this case, an avalanche of seismic proportions. Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said the key to evening up the series at two was weathering the storm in the first 10 minutes from the Colorado Avalanche. <\/p>\n<p>And yet, after those 10 crucial minutes of play inside Ball Arena, Colorado held a 2-0 advantage \u2014 just as they did in Game 1. The Avalanche\u2019s onslaught started early and never let up, as Colorado defeated Tampa Bay, 7-0, to take an all-important 2-0 series lead. Why\u2019s that so important, you ask? Teams leading 2-0 in the Stanley Cup Final are 47-5 all-time. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption>(Photo by Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The touchdown + extra point loss is Tampa Bay\u2019s worst in its playoff history, topping the 5-0 defeat against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Round 1 this year and the 6-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers back in 1996, the franchise\u2019s first ever playoff appearance. <\/p>\n<p>The Lightning, as they did for stretches in Game 1, were slow and plodding, a shell of the team that\u2019s won back-to-back championships. The Avalanche, meanwhile, looked to be shot out of a cannon from the get-go, especially Valeri Nichushkin. <\/p>\n<p>From the first shift of the game, Nichushkin set the tone for the night \u2014 strong on the forecheck and quicker to the puck than anyone wearing white. And after Ryan McDonagh took a roughing penalty just 1:01 into the first period, it was Nichushkin who made the Lightning pay on the power play. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>The pending UFA continues to drive the price up with his play in these playoffs, and he\u2019s now scored five goals in his last four games. <\/p>\n<p>Not long after Nichushkin hit the score sheet, it was an unlikely scorer for Colorado who made it 2-0. It wasn\u2019t Cale Makar, nor was it Devon Toews, but rather Josh Manson would jump up on the rush and bury a wrister past the blocker side of Andrei Vasilevskiy to extend the lead 7:55 into the first period. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>After Andre Burakovsky found twine shortly thereafter, Tampa Bay faced a 3-0 deficit heading into intermission. Adjustments needed to be made, which we\u2019ve come to expect from the Lightning under Cooper. <\/p>\n<p>But there was nothing stopping this avalanche \u2014 not on this night. Cooper\u2019s bunch was further overwhelmed in the second period of play, going over five minutes without recording a shot on goal. In the meantime, Tampa Bay\u2019s defense couldn\u2019t stop turning over the puck. Once again, it was Nichushkin in perfect position and he didn\u2019t miss an opportunity to make it 4-0. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Avalanche have now scored 11 goals through two games in the series and are 14-2 overall during the playoffs. Remarkably, Nathan MacKinnon has yet to find the back of the net in this Final. Makar, who came into the series leading Colorado with 22 points, had yet to even find his name on the score sheet in the series until the third period.<\/p>\n<p>Makar would score twice \u2014 once shorthanded and once on the power play, which ultimately gave the Avalanche a 7-0 lead. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>The seven-goal margin is the largest in a Stanley Cup Final game since 1991, when the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Minnesota North Stars, 8-0, in Game 6 of the series. <\/p>\n<p>The series will now shift back to Tampa Bay for Games 3 and 4, with the Lightning looking for any sort of jolt from the Amalie Arena crowd. 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