Had to win the sixth match
Denver. Midsummer Concert in Denver has been cancelled.
Yes – Tampa found the impossible way to win the unbeatable final round tonight against Colorado on the ball field.
“I’m really proud of the whole team,” Victor Hedmann told Sportbladet after the 3-2 win.
Denver was completely gone and was hoping for a midsummer night’s dream when the avalanche came home from Tampa in a 3-1 lead and was able to define the entire Stanley Cup Final during game five tonight at ballpark.
But it did not come true.
“Incredibly strong of us”
The tireless champions from Florida made their best match yet in the final series and tore themselves to a 3-2 win.
“He was incredibly strong of us,” says Victor Hedmann when we met him backstage after the last sign.
We lost the wires twice but came back every time. Once again we found a way to win and extended the season for two more days.
Fiji was responsible for the outstanding performance of Kasr Ondrej’s decisive 11.38 goal in the third half. Consequently, he now has 22 points in four Stanley Cup Finals since 2015. It’s the best record for a defender still active — and the ninth best record in National Hockey League history.
As he usually says:
It’s always fun to contribute.
The match itself was the best final in several years. Above all, the second half was carried out at a purely exciting pace and was full of sparkling action and incredible opportunities.
It was the decisive difference
Fundamental difference:
Lightning goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky was brilliant and Darcy Kuemper wasn’t in the penalty area either. He again provided a clean slate when defender Jan Ruta – who never scored – was forced to sink 1-0 in the first half.
At the same time, the avalanche caused dumb expulsions in the wrong situations – including a case of “too many guys” just as if they had made the final dent to get the equalizer again.
“I won’t get into it”
Doubtful, thought the home audience, who were generally dissatisfied with the referee’s efforts.
But players do not waste their energy on these details.
I don’t intend to go into it at all. Tampa can continue to do this, but not us, says Gabriel Landskog.
Who has another chance to decide the final the night before Monday, but Tampa is the hosts.
– It will be very fun to go home and play. We will try to win even then, so we have to come back here again, says Victor Hedmann.