SCF Game 2 Preview: Avalanche vs. Lightning

GAME 2 SCF: COLORADO AVALANCHE (1-0) VS TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (0-1)
6:00 PM MT | BALL ARENA
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The 2022 Stanley Cup Final between the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lighting continues on Saturday night with Game 2 scheduled with a 6 p.m. MT puck drop at Ball Arena. The Avalanche lead the best-of-seven series 1-0.

RECAP OF GAME 1:

In Game 1 on Wednesday night, the Avalanche defeated the Lightning in overtime with a final score of 4-3. Andre Burakovsky scored the game winning goal on assist from Valeri Nichushkin 83 seconds into overtime.
Nichushkin paced the Avs with two points (1G, 1A) and recorded a game-high of six shots on goal. Gabriel Landeskog (1G, 1A) and Mikko Rantanen (2A) also put up two points to compliment Nichushkin. Darren Helm led the defensive charge with 10 hits in the game.
For Tampa Bay, Nick Paul, Ondrej Palat, Mikhail Sergachev scored. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 34 saves on 38 shots. Mikhail Sergachev led with six hits and four blocked shots. Pat Maroon and Alex Killorn followed him up with five hits each. The team also benefitted from the return of Brayden Point to the lineup, as he played for the first time since Game 7 of the First Round against Toronto after being sidelined with a lower-body injury.

STATS BREAKDOWN: (based off series):

Avalanche:
Goals: 4
Assists: 7
AVALANCHE VS LIGHTNING
AVALANCHE ARTICLES
Burakovsky's OT Winner Lifts Avalanche Over Lightning in Game 1
'This is What You Play For'
Reaching SCF is Extra 'Special' for Landeskog and Johnson
Stanley Cup Final Schedule
Avalanche 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs Media Guide
GAME EXTRAS
Avalanche Stanley Cup Playoffs Hub
Avalanche 360
Avalanche Ticket
Points: 2
Power Play (in series): 33.3%
Penalty kill (in series): 100%
FOW%: 40%
Hits: 43
Blocks: 26
Shots: 38
Lightning:
Goals: 3
Assists: 6
Points: 0
Power Play (in series): 0%
Penalty kill (in series): 66.7%
FOW%: 60
Hits: 40
Blocks: 25
Shots: 23
NOTEWORTHY:
Burakovsky scored his second goal of the playoffs and first game winner... Landeskog scored his ninth goal of the postseason... Nichushkin scored his sixth goal of the playoffs... Lehkonen scored his seventh goal of the postseason and third on the power play... Colorado finished the game 1-for-3 on the power play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill... Kuemper returned to the lineup for the first time since Game 1 of the Western Conference Final against Edmonton...
Nico Sturm
drew in the lineup for Cogliano, who was sidelined after undergoing surgery last week for an upper-body injury. Cogliano joined the Avalanche for practice on Friday morning...
Kurtis MacDermid
,
Ryan Murray
, Justus Annunen,
 Cogliano
(upper body),
Nazem Kadri
(upper body) and
Samuel Girard
(upper body) were scratches for Colorado.