SCF Game 6 Preview: Avalanche vs. Lightning

GAME 6 SCF: COLORADO AVALANCHE (3-2) VS TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (2-3)
6:00 PM MT | AMALIE ARENA
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The Colorado Avalanche look to close out their best-of-seven series over the Tampa Bay Lighting in Game 6 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final as the series returns to Tampa Bay. The two clubs clash on Sunday night at the Amalie Arena with a 6 p.m. MT puck drop scheduled.

In Game 5 on Friday night, the Avalanche failed to close out the Lightning, while the Bolts lived to preserve their season for one more game with a 3-2 victory. Colorado leads the series 3-2.
Cale Makar
(1G, 1A) and
Valeri Nichushkin
(1G, 1A) scored for the Avalanche.
Darcy Kuemper
made 26 saves on 29 shots in the loss. For Tampa Bay, Ondrej Palat scored the game winner, while Jan Rutta and Nikita Kucherov (power play) also scored. Corey Perry handed out two assists. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 35 saves on 37 shots in the win.

TEAM LEADERS:

Avalanche:
Goals: 18
Power Play (in series): 40.0%
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Avalanche 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs Media Guide
GAME EXTRAS
Avalanche Stanley Cup Playoffs Hub
Avalanche 360
Avalanche Ticket
Penalty kill (in series): 88.9%
FOW%: 45.2%
Hits: 200
Blocks: 84
Shots: 181
Lightning:
Goals: 14
Power Play (in series): 11.1%
Penalty kill (in series): 60.0%
FOW%: 54.8%
Hits: 199
Blocks: 121
Shots: 140

NOTEWORTHY:

• Nichushkin scored his ninth goal of the postseason… Makar tallied his eighth goal of the playoffs. With a goal and an assist, Makar leads the Avalanche in scoring with 29 points (8G, 21A) through 19 postseason games… Colorado finished the game 0-for-2 on the power play and was 1-for-4 on the penalty kill. Tampa has scored just two power-play goals during the series… Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Andre Burakovsky](https://www.nhl.com/player/andre-burakovsky-8477444), Ryan Murray](https://www.nhl.com/player/ryan-murray-8476850), Kurtis MacDermid](https://www.nhl.com/player/kurtis-macdermid-8477073), Justus Annunen, and Samuel Girard](https://www.nhl.com/player/samuel-girard-8479398) (upper body) were scratches for Colorado… Andre Burakovsky, who has been sidelined since Game 2 of the SCF, will make the trip to Tampa for Game 6 and is a "possibility" per Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar…