Stanley Cup Final Game 2 Highlights | Lightning vs. Avalanche - June 18, 2022 

The confidence and cohesiveness of this Avalanche team is insane.

4 mins in and I had to double check that I wasn't just watching an Avalanche highlights video...such domination.

Probably the most complete game I’ve seen a team play from start to finish. This is hockey at its best.

Avs played as close to a perfect a game as you'll ever see in the NHL tonight. That crowd is electric.

The Avs looks so hungry and energetic. It's breathtaking to watch this elecrtic and young team play!

This could be the best played playoff game I've ever seen by a team, start to finish.

Are these guys human?? I’ve never seen a team operate like this. Precision and perfection.

You ever wanted to watch utter domination for 3 hours? Here 'ya go! Great job Colorado!

Can't remember the last time someone put up a 7-spot against a team in the Finals and also gave them absolutely nothing on the defensive end. A perfect game for the Avs.

I just got home from this game, having been extremely lucky to get an extra ticket from a very generous person. We arrived inside the building at 5:00 pm, over an hour before puck drop...and the place was already deafening inside. And this was just at the arena entrance!! What an incredible atmosphere, and an incredible game to watch in person. The speed, tenacity, and hunger of the Avs against an elite opponent was amazing, and the arena was a non-stop party that began long before the first whistle. What an incredible night!

Nichuskin is the MVP of the series thus far. As a Stars fan, it's awesome to watch him find a second wind with Colorado!

This wasn't just a win, this was an ass beating.

I love Makar’s parents and MacKinnon’s parents sitting together.

Wow. Just all I can say. I've never seen a team play this complete a game (in the Finals) in the 15 years I've been watching hockey. This was a completely one-sided game from start to finish. Well done, Avs

The Avalanche dominated the Lightning here worse than the Lightning ever dominated the Stars or the Habs, which is saying something considering how talented the Lightning are.

Avalanche are an absolute BEAST of a team. I love it. Happy for Mac and Lehkonen. Loved the kid here in Montreal.

This Av's team walks and plays with swagger and confidence Honestly,I've never seen (in my over 30 years in Canada) a team with more confidence and swagger,than this Avalanche team.I believe this team is better than the Avalanche team of the 90's or early 2000's...

In this entire video there was ONE Tampa Bay highlight. Avs completely dominated this game from start to finish.

Im a Blackhawks fan til the end but I know talent when I see it. The Avalanche are absolutely dominating this series so far. It was a treat to see it live on tv. Can't wait for the next game.

The true Avalanche are back. They're looking similar to their mid 90s - early 2000s ancestors. Would be great if they can use this momentum to win lord Stanley. Looking really good for them so far.

Tampa fans “ AVs hAvENt PLaYeD A rEaL GoAliE YEt” Avs “hold this touchdown Vasy.”

As a Rangers fan, I'm glad we're not on the receiving end of this beatdown. Silver lining yknow

As a Stars fan who despises Tampa and really enjoyed our last Avs series, this game brought me immense joy

I havent followed the NHL for a while as a demoralized Canucks fan but started watching the start of the playoffs. The Avalanche are beyond impressive in every area of the game. They have to be one of the best team constructions in the last 20 years. How they dismantled Edmonton's high scoring speedsters in short order is mind boggling. Is it possible they are going to Crush Tampa in the same manor? How do you stop them if your Tampa?

Makar's goal celebrations remind me of Bobby Orr. Barely any expression. Just another day at the office type reaction. He's so humble!! What a talent!

WOW! Domination! Don't give the Lightning an inch! Keep it up Avs!!!!

Colorado is breathtaking to watch, my goodness!

This Avalanche team is electric.

Tied for 2nd for largest shutout victory in a Stanley Cup Final Game. In '91 the Pens beat the Minnesota North Stars 8-0 in the Finals. They tied for second with the 1919 Seattle Metropolitans at 7-0. I remember the North Stars but a little too young to remember when Seattle had a team. Still amazing to see such a lopsided win in an important game.

I love how mackinnons parents sit with Makars parents

The crazy part is this game could have been 10-0 or even 11-0 but varsy had some good saves

This has got to feel a bit legitimizing for the Oilers- who were widely mocked for their loss to Avs. People trashed Mike Smith, trashed the Oilers overall- but they put up a heck of a fight. The Avs are hungry and relentless!

LFG AVS!!!! This was EASILY the most dominant playoff game by any team I have ever watched!! What a performance! Two more wins baby!!!

know what makes this even more impressive? Missing 2nd line center and all star Nazem Kadri.And missing top 4 dman Sam Girard, who averages 21 minutes a night. Two key players are missing and they pitch a shutout on practically all accounts. Breathtaking.

Thank you Colorado Avalanche for the joy, the delight brought, in this match!

As a diehard lightning fan.. I am proud of avalanche for being able to dominate a team like Tampa bay. It was hard to watch, but wow.. just wow

After the game was over, ESPN’s Emily Kaplan interviewed Cale Makar and asked the following question: “Will you celebrate at all tonight?” Cale Makar: “No” This is how locked in the team is right now. There is nothing to celebrate. The job is only half done. They played their most perfect game of the season and they are still not satisfied. They will not stop until they lift that cup above their heads. Everyone contributed. The bottom six came back with vengeance and just completely destroyed the Bolts. Kuemper remained sharp to earn himself a shutout. I was thrilled to see Cogliano come back and make a difference in game 2. The Colorado Avalanche stuck to their game plan and did not blink once. You can’t ask for anything else from this team tonight because they gave you everything against the two-time defending champs. There is honestly nothing else to add because they played a flawless game from start to finish. They put their foot on the gas and literally did not let go. This is the exact type of effort that the Avs must duplicate in the next two games. The reason why I predicted Avs in 5 was because the name of the game for this series is speed. Tampa can’t keep up. In the last 2 games, the Avs have outshot the bolts 68-39. Vasilevskiy can only do so much. In fact, 7 goals were the most he has ever allowed in his career whether it was in the regular or post season. He may have just have met his match. Here is something for you, Bolts fans. Valerie Nichushkin outshot Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat combined in two consecutive games.

I'm from NYC but go to college in Colorado, was definitely rooting for a rangers and avs finals game, but after seeing how good the avs were I didn't even want the rangers to get to the finals just to get humiliated by the avs. This here is just pure dominance.

The energy of the fans is just amazing...

This Panthers fan congratulates the Tampa Bay Lightning with this historic loss against the Colorado Avalanche.

This series reminds me of the pens and sharks in 2016. Just too fast, too skilled, wave after wave of attack. Beautiful hockey.

If someone had told me when the playoffs started that there will be a single game where the opposing team puts the puck 7 times behind the back of Vasy I would have laughed. Let's go Avs 2 more

Avalanche have the depth to win it …. Avs worked for this moment many many years

That was as complete a domination of a game as anyone has ever seen. I had seen the highlights on the official NHL channel, but I had to check this channel to see if my mind wasn't playing tricks on me.

Rantanen again the best player on the ice, what a post season he's having!

Burakovsky has owned Vasy since the 2018 ECF. As a Caps fan, I love seeing Burakovsky flourish.

“Give them nothing, but take from them everything!” This quote from the movie 300 describes this game so aptly.

What an Avalanche that came down on Tampa. Luckily for them it's only 1 game at the end. They've just been through this before but the Avs are a whole different animal than the Rangers were.

Goodness gracious! I love my hometown AVS! An absolute force of nature! Speed and precision that goes beyond the bounds of hockey itself!

40 years of watching hockey. I've never seen a team dominate a game this thoroughly since THOSE Edmonton Oilers. That said, I'm surprised Jon Cooper made almost not adjustments from Game 1. He still committed to forechecking 2 and 3 men deep, despite every single time it got broke, it was an odd-man rush straight to his goal. He kept the same line combinations, even though his checking line simply cannot keep up with McKinnon's line. And his top line is getting outworked and penned in by the Av's checking line. Everything the Lightning did wrong in Game 1 was on display, worse, in Game 2. That's taking nothing away from the Avs, every mistake the Lightning made was forced, and then ruthlessly exploited. While the Avs gave virtually nothing away in return.

The Avs are like the Habs of the seventies, every line is a juggernaut, they come in waves, unstoppable.

Wow. Just wow. Let's keep rolling down South!! GO AVS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The over/under for combine goals was 6. The Avs covered that by themselves. The most dominant game of hockey I’ve ever seen.

Nichushkin is beast!!!

I can’t believe i was there! The best crowd and the best overall game of hockey I’ve ever seen the Avalanche play with that much on the line. Truly an incredible time to be an Avs fan! It feels all the sweeter after having been the worst team in the league only 5 seasons ago. And suffering the playoff defeats then after. What a job Joe Sakic has done. Hats off to Yzerman too for building the Lightning! The underlying red wings rivalry of this series is fun!

This Tampa team is good but I think this really shows what proper rest gives to teams that are young and fast. Tampa got by a tired and gassed Rangers team. I have never seen a more one sided game and it’s all credit to colorado. You simply cannot do anything against a team that plays that fast for 60 minutes. Utterly insane.

And there was some good saves from goalkeeper, it could be 14:0. What a game!

This was like a shooting gallery and breakaway practice. Never seen a finals game like this, Tampa better get it together.

That was the most dominant 60 minutes of hockey I've ever seen, regular season or playoffs

You know it's bad when a highlights video shows only one team.

🤩 Amazing Colorado tonight, si siguen jugando asi!! Todo es posible, que Defensa y que forma de hacerl goles de los defensas… una Máquina de hacer goles este equipo!!!! Go Avs Go!!!!! Saludos 🖖 de Colombia! All the small things

Absolute dominance. Idk if I’ve ever seen a Stanley cup performance that dominant in a long time.

What an incredible display of power and skill, amazing hockey! From a Habs Fan, Go Avs Go ;) ♥

Helm played with the guys who won 4 cups in det, against all those avs teams and now he's helping the bastards in the finals. They are fun to watch and I hope he gets to hoist the silver

Валерий просто супер, вперёд

People talk so much about the rangers series and how tampa came back after losing 2 in a row but this series is SO much different than the rangers series. The avalanche and the rangers are very different teams. Vasilevsky got his bell rung tonight. To be honest, I would not be surprised to see the Avs win in 5 or 6.

Truly one of the most dominant Stanley cup performances I’ve ever seen

Wow I didn’t expect that! What a dominant win. Clearly a statement of intent from Colorado.

2 of those goals Vasy probably wants back. The rest were pretty hard to stop almost unstoppable without luck added. Great goals by the AVS. Made the bolts look like a new franchise where the players just met 5min before game time and have no chemistry yet.

Wow!!! Colorado destroys Tampa Bay 7-0!!! I really enjoyed watching this match, thank you Colorado! Up 2-0 in the series, but do not underestimate the capacity of the Lightning to come back in games 3 & 4 in Tampa Bay. In the first round, in game #3, Toronto beat the Lightning in Tampa in a close one. But then Tampa came back with vengeance in game #4 to win 7-3 !

Usually this wakes a team up to go home for a win. The Aves look like the greatest team ever right now!

Makar for Conn Smyth looks like it's locked in. And think, he isn't near his prime yet.

I'm actually proud of my Blues beating them twice especially on home ice Might be the only team to win against the avs in the playoffs 🤣

The number 7 is everywhere tonight. - 7 goals from this game - Colorado is on a 7-game win streak - Avs are 7-0 on the road this postseason and have won their 7th home game to become 14-2

I've been watching NHL since 1991 and I've never, ever seen a team so dominant in the finals as the Avs yesterday. It was quite amazing to watch. Sure the Tampa home games might not be as easy but this looked like men versus boys... so TB needs a freakin' miracle to win this series.

I’m so excited to see my boys playing at sea level on Monday. Go Avalanche.

I didn’t expect that but it’s still only 1 game. Keep your foot on the gas, boys!

Never thought I see tb get wrecked in the playoffs this yr

I was laughing with each goal watching this. After years of watching my Avs sputter and flop in the playoffs, seeing my team dominate and get a 7-0 shut out in the finals was like food for the soul. Too bad this year went the other way, but memories from this great performance take the sting out of future disappointments.

Wow Excellence at it's BEST. Just breath taking. Unbelievable.

Great job Avs. I am beyond impressed with Cale Makar. The way he is able to transition from defence to offense and also dictate the play is incredible.

Сегодняшнюю игру можно описать одним словом - унижение. Двукратных обладателей кубка, действующих чемпионов унизили. Раскатали как котят. Сегодня на поле была одна команда. Проиграть можно по-разному. Но в финале кубка так нельзя. Теперь посмотрим что у молний с самолюбием и честью, ибо и то и другое сегодня просто втоптали в грязь.

Revisiting this one. I've never seen such a game like this in the cup final. How insane to do this to the back to back champs. It's maybe the most complete, dominant gamesI've ever seen.

It should be 10-0, What a game !!!!

i can't believe that Brian Elliot didn't come in. not that it would have mattered, i just think it's cruel to leave the same goalie in for an entire game like this.

Лавины это просто нечто!!! Браво

What an Avalanche that was. Perfect name for us.

Makar is such an offensive weapon for a defender, this team knows how to really steamroll its opponent if it gets going early. They say that speed kills, but so does lightning! The series ain't over yet, but Avs are halfway there, they're looking to snuff out a storm...exciting hockey going down

The deepest team I've seen.

Tampa- It’s fine, Colorado has a strict goal limit. Colorado- *Turns off limit* Tampa- Oh fu-

Ok...have to say - the camera work/angle at 1:05 - LOVE IT!

Colorado is making St. Louis look damn good in retrospect..

Never have I enjoyed a game that much like this one last night. Holy damn it was incredible how the Avs dominated the game from start to the end. Tampa looked like juniors team

Wow! What a blowout! Looks like Colorado will finally win the cup they deserve! Tampon bay doesn’t need another one

I asked y'all to kick some lightning ass for this habs fan. So far youve excelled at it. Well done Avs!

The Lightning should thank the Avs tonight. Playing against Colorado clearly made their entire roster 3 years younger.

As a panthers fan, this makes me very happy

DOMINATION

Sooooo awesome! Historic playoff run going here.

Just one word... Onslaught. Once in a while, it's exciting to see such a one-sided game. Hope the games in Tempa will be more evenly matched.