GAME STORY: The Avs lead the series 3-2 and head back to Tampa Bay for Game 6 on Sunday. “It’s not supposed to be easy and it’s not going to be easy and we knew that coming into (the playoffs) and coming into (Friday),” Avs captain Gabe Landeskog said.
Series-clinching games in general and Stanley Cup Final-clinching games in particular are always tough and generally heart-stopping.
The Avalanche, which never led, dropped to 7-3 at home in the playoffs and were denied a chance to finish 16-3 in the postseason, which would have been the best record by a Cup winner since Edmonton went 16-2 in 1988. The Avalanche continued to do expert work on the penalty kill as Tampa Bay’s two opening-period chances were unsuccessful.
The Avalanche tied it by benefiting from a suspect icing call on the Lightning. MacKinnon won the draw back to Makar, whose shot was awkwardly saved by Vasilevskiy, but Nichushkin, with inside position on Nick Paul, was right at the edge of the crease to back-hand the rebound for his ninth goal of the postseason.
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