The Stanley Cup will be in the building for Game Five.
The Colorado Avalanche will have an opportunity to win its first championship of the Nathan MacKinnon in front of their home fans at Ball Arena, Friday. Nazem Kadri scored the OTGWG in Game Four to give the Avs a 3-1 series lead.
Tonight’s telecast is once again on ABC at 8 PM.
Avalanche lines
Still no Burakovsky.
Avs lines for Game 5:
Landeskog-MacKinnon-Nichushkin
Lehkonen-Kadri-Rantane
Newhook-Compher-O'Connor
Cogliano-Helm-SturmToews-Makar
J. Johnson-Manson
Byram-E. JohnsonKuemper
— Peter Baugh (@Peter_Baugh) June 24, 2022
Lightning lines
#tblightning lines:
Palat-Stamkos-Kucherov
Killorn-Cirelli-Hagel
Colton-Paul-Perry
Maroon-Bellemare-NashHedman-Rutta
McDonagh-Cernak
Sergachev-Bogosian— Joe Smith (@JoeSmithTB) June 24, 2022
I personally am a fan of the Kale Dance.
🥬 #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/8gM0xKx3Ks
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) June 25, 2022
Sportsnet’s intro 🔥
LET'S GOOOOO 🗣️🗣️
🎶: @blink182 | #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/Ejiw3fov0p
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 25, 2022
Jan Rutta with the game’s first goal. TBL 1-0.
Darcy Keumper was very leaky on this goal.
The @TBLightning strike first in Game 5! ⚡️ #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/0eUBoqeTt8
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) June 25, 2022
Val Nichushkin ties it up.
Makar’s shot handcuffs Vasilevskiy and it bounces right to Nichushkin in the slot.
Nichushkin picks up the rebound and it's a tie game 🚨 pic.twitter.com/cPZg9o8IHa
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) June 25, 2022
Nikita Kucherov beats Keumper on a 4-on-3 PP. 2-1 TBL.
Ain’t no one gonna stop that.
.@86Kucherov's first of the #StanleyCup Final puts the @TBLightning back in the lead! pic.twitter.com/JduI87sTOc
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) June 25, 2022
Cale Makar ties it up 2:34 into the third period
The puck bounced off Erik Cernak’s skate and in. Nichushkin has been initially credited with the goal.
TIE HOCKEY GAME IN DENVER! 😱🚨#StanleyCup | #FindAWay pic.twitter.com/S8nZcqk2d1
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 25, 2022
Palat gives the Lightning a late 3-2 lead.
He found a hole in the high slot and beat Keumper barely with a one-timer. According to Hockey Reference, Palat became the fifth player since 1995 with at least seven third-period goals in a single postseason.
ONDREJ "CLUTCH" PALAT! 🤯⚡️#StanleyCup | #GoBolts pic.twitter.com/1x7LFBmhxt
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 25, 2022
Colorado gets a too many men penalty at the enof the third period. lol
Colorado gets called for a too many men penalty 😬😅 pic.twitter.com/ncOME6dbUN
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) June 25, 2022
Tampa wins to push to a Game Six in Florida.
Colorado still leads the series 3-2.
Refresh frequently. We’ll be updating this article throughout the game.
