Colorado Avalanche thrashed Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 to wins the Stanley Cup 2022 for 1st time since 2001, Overall 3rd title.
- The Colorado Avalanche dashed the Tampa Bay Lightning's hopes of a three-peat, prevailing 2-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on Sunday to win their first championship in over two decades.
NHL Stanley Cup Finals 2022: The Avalanche took the lead in regulation for the first time since early in Game 3 when Artturi Lehkonen scored the eventual game-winning goal in the second period.
After Steven Stamkos had opened the scoring in the first period, Nathan MacKinnon gave Colorado its first goal earlier in the second period, tying the game.
30-23 in favour of Colorado over the Lightning. Darcy Kuemper, the goalie for the Avalanche, turned away 22 of the 23 shots he faced. In the loss, Andrei Vasilevskiy, his opponent, made 28 saves.
After winning the Norris Trophy earlier this week, Cale Makar also awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as NHL playoff MVP.
The Colorado defenseman finished third overall among skaters and first among blue-liners with 29 points over 20 games, trailing only game-changers Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton Oilers.
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- The Avalanche lost in the second round in each of the previous three seasons after getting bounced out of the first round in 2017-18 and missing the postseason in six of the seven campaigns before that.
- The only time they qualified in that span resulted in another first-round defeat.
- Colorado went 16-4 in this postseason and never trailed in a series.
- Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar, 50-year-old , became the first bench boss to win the Stanley Cup, the AHL's Calder Cup, and the ECHL's Kelly Cup.
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