@@818life2 you know, I'm not counting them out, and I wouldn't put it past them to force a game 7, they are an incredibly talented team and anything's possible. Nothing but respect. That said, I think the Avs will take the Cup game 5 in Denver. Go Avs!!!
After Kuemper gave up the soft goal to Hedman, I thought Kuemper would surely crumble again. He showed a lot of heart and focus to perform solidly and kept the team in the game. Huge game for Kuemper and the Avs tonight!
@@ecoman351 make no bones... TB has played better than St. Louis against the Avs. They have frustrated them this past 2 games. They managed to negate the Avs forechecking game. Much respect!
I'll always be a die hard Bruins fan, but you got to give credit when credits due. The Avs have been nothing short of remarkable this season and playoffs. I hope they finally take home the cup this year! Both teams played one hell of a game!
I doubted them for the playoffs because they always let me down but now I can't believe we're one game away from possibly closing out a Stanley cup win for the first time in 2 decades, GO AVALANCHE!!!!!!!!!! 😁
you could see the Lightning wearing out during ot and the Avs looked like it was the 1st period...Tampa is done game 3 was there all and it wasn't good enough
This is a much different Avs team, though. All season long they had a way of taking the lead and keeping it. And if for some reason the other team took the lead first, the Avs would play even better from behind. This is one unbelievably dominant team and it's almost impossible to rattle them. TB is a great team, too, so I'd never count them out, but I have a feeling the Avs will take the Cup game 5 in Denver. Go Avs!!!
Vasy made some incredible saves but in the end the AVs firing squad won out. We lost but I'm still proud of the Lightning, great game. Lost the battle but not the war yet, lets GO ⚡!
The odd part of that OT goal is that the ref was looking right at the puck as it laid beneath the netting and didn't signal goal. What was he waiting for?.
2 OT games this series could easily be 3-1 Tampa, not a fan of either but the fact Tampa is even in the cup a 3rd time is crazy. Avs this year are the better team, but a great series even if it ends up 4-1 (but if Tampa can some How win the next game it’s a series again)
@@stephenbausemer4028 Bruh if you watched both OTs you could easily tell who the better team was. The best teams show up when sudden death is on the line
@@ecoman351 Avs we're literally playing like shit the first 2 periods. They brought their A game in the 3rd and they were the ones who sent it to OT where they mopped the floor with Tampa
I was thinking the same thing. I could easily see a fluke goal going Tampa's way, but they were just dominating that OT. They take an L in that OT and my neighbors are waking up. So satisfying it was Kadri too.
Yeah, TB should've continued with the 'energy' that the league and the refs were giving them. There was 2 blatant penalties the refs overlooked in the 3rd period (tripping and a board).
@@ecoman351 Given any calls missed against the Avs, there were 2 blatant calls missed against the Lightning at the end of the 3rd (trip and board)... what's your point?
@@buffalonickel7323 yeah ur dumb 😂 the avs tripped hedmen right and front of the refs and they didn’t call it and the avs in ot on that goal they had 6 people on the ice didn’t call it 💀 u guys have the refs paid off bud. Nhl is rigged
@Max79 you can tell the aves played slower on Tampa ice compared to when they play at Colorado. Tampa faces two things one our speed. Witch we clearly showed kicking Tampa ass 7-0 and second. Our Altitude Aves play way better at home. So don't see you guys winning. Not at our home. Lol
Last series the Bolts went down 2-0 and then won 4 in a row. So you never know. Vasilevskiy has a habit of somehow hitting another level in these moments
@@masonwright7700 3 in a row is one less than 4 in a row. I'm just saying it's very possible Vas goes into God mode and only lets in 1 goal per game here on out.
OMG this game had my stress level off the charts. HUGE win!! Lousy first period but came back strong. Kuemper looked good tonight (except for that 2nd goal) and Kadri getting the GW was perfect! 1 more win to go baby!!
After first 2 wins in Colorado I said Colorado in 5 now my prediction looking good Avalanche have a chance win the 2022 Stanley Cup Friday night in game 5.
* Darcy Kuemper became the first goaltender in NHL history with an overtime assist in a Stanley Cup Final game and the fourth in any playoff contest, following Pekka Rinne (Game 6 of 2016 R2 w/ NSH), Tuukka Rask (Game 4 of 2010 CQF w/ BOS) and Dominik Hasek (Game 3 of 2002 CF w/ DET). Go Avs!!! Colombia 🇨🇴!!!!!
Big shout out to the Avs fan in the Nordiques jersey who reacted IMMEDIATELY to the Kadri goal, and allowed me to realize before everyone else I was watching with, that the Puck was in.
Skating at altitude makes your body a helluva lot stronger than playing in a swamp at sea level. That's why these Lightning looked tired, beat-up and out of shape against this superior Avs squad.
Lightning are old and washed up compared to CO's squad. Tampa has 10 players over the age of 30. Everybody knows it's all down hill after 30 in professional sports. No way Tampa is going to hang with CO in game 5.
Yeah when it’s over 100 degrees outside in humid weather it affects the ice now I’ve played watched hockey since the 90s and with how the game is now u cannot count on your net minder to win u a cup from 2000 to 08 it was if u scored atleast 2-3 goals you really had no chance because the goalie pads were wider and bigger when they changed those rules and requirements to get fans to accutally watch hockey the game changed it’s all about speed now and this is why tampa lost too Chicago in 2015 because they were faster from all 4 lines and the Avs added depth players with speed and tampa doesn’t have depth or enough speed
Avs finally found a way to win these games. OMG took them a couple heartaches. Nazim the guy you wanted on that 1 on 1. Get ready to pass that Cup on Friday.
@Max79 Y'all cheated, slushing up the ice. That ain't luck. Y'all couldn't do jack shite in OT. That ain't luck. Good Luck coming back, y'all delusional.
Bruh this Avalanche team is no joke! They shown time and time again why they are the best team this year, what a win for them on the road, now they get to close it out at home what better feeling then potentially winning the Stanley Cup on home ice! Go Avs!
I just realized the puck was stuck at the top of the net at the end! I watched this 2 times before and didn’t see it lol. Crazy ending! Such a roller coaster game!
Yeah after skating on water tonight like Jesus aka Kadri, the AVS actually will show some class actually put ice inside the rink and completely out skate them on real ice because when it comes to real ice hockey it's obvious they can't outskate us... Not twice on our own ice lol. Question is who's a better team St. Louis or the bolts... Right now it looks like the real finals were in the west with the divisional games... Bye bye bolts it's done and it's obvious... Well unless an actual lightning bolt hits the AVALANCHE jet.. I mean first skating on water and then hitting the avalanche plain with a lightning bolt I'd get on my knees and start praying, oh wait all ready did that after I witnessed the trash organization put nothing but water to slow the AVS down.... How pathetic
@Max79 That's quite laughable. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume you are stating that win you "gave us" was game 2? That ended 7-0. That wasn't a win you gave us, that was a lesson we gave you on how to dominate for 60 straight. As far as overtime wins go, a win is a win. You may think I'm delusional but there's nothing delusional about the fact that you can't properly structure a sentence and this series is 3-1 heading back to Denver. GO AVS!!!
Hard to believe it was that long ago, I was just finishing my junior year of high school that summer. "We saw no light! We saw no signal! ... But they are celebrating at the other end of the ice! What chaos!"
It was so weird how everyone after game 1 was like, "Oh avs you better watch out! Tampa's gonna come out great in game 2!" Then, as we all know, Tampa lost 7-0. Then when Tampa won game 3 everyone's like, "Tampa is going to come back! This is just like the Rangers series!" The avalanche and rangers and very different teams. I think the avs getting a split in this game guaranteed a third stanley cup.
Gotta be the first Stanley cup final where speed dominates over defense and hard hits. The Avs really excel at sustained, continual extended high tempo play, not just a quick play then a slow down and then another quick play.
As An Avs fan I feel like I’m in a different reality. I read some stars fans, red wings fans and sharks fans rooting for the Avs. So I’m in an alternate reality or hell is indeed freezing over and monkey is about to finish up typing Hamlet.
Ironic the one guy Joe traded for that hasn't had much impact was Sturm. Then he gets the tying goal in a pivotal game 4. I'm right there with yah bud.
Tampa now 1 for 25 on the power play in this series. You're not going to win a finals with those kind of numbers. No matter how good you are. Tampa's Big Cat in goal kept them in the game tonight.
@@hd-xc2lz and it's not just a failure on offense. The Kill unit for Tampa has been awful. The Avs have scored on 43% of their power plays in this series. It's honestly the difference and I'm not saying Tampa is dead. But it's going to be very tough to win two in Denver. If they keep these numbers up though, Tampa can look back and see what cost them the CUP.
I agree tampa this tampa that. The Avs have a very good chance of winning the whole enchilada and they have barely talked about the AVS. So biased and one sided. Their play by play also really sucks. Colorado Avs Annoucers are a lot better! They are routing for the lightning. When the avs do something great they barely say anything.
Colorado is an ot killer.. ot is when they come to life... and their speed and tenacity on offense this series has been unmatched. Kemper played his azz off this game kudos to him. Home rink advantage... time to crown a new champ let's goooooo
No Tampa can’t afford to lose any of the next three lol. We literally just won in Tampa they haven’t won in Denver. Stop talking like this avs team is the rangers. The Avs are the better team.
Why not? They have two shots to win at home in the worst case scenario, they just proved they can win it Tampa as well so even if they lose Fri, it’s not like they don’t have a great look at winning the cup
Can't wait for the 'Tampa fans acting like they won the cup after wining the one game' comment. "The ice is garbage" was golden. Ignorant Tampa fans are back to reality. The silence was GOLDEN can't wait to see the cup on home ice.
@@yancyjenkinssr1824 ummm seeing how they play on ice I would think it's very relevant. Exhibit #1 to Tampa fans being insufferable and just flat out ignorant. Bet you giggled when then drunk went after Canadians fans celebrating their one game win in the finals last year.
@Max79 Av's stopped playing after game 2 until overtime in game 4, and still got a split against your unbeatable team, so what's your point? Av's can't win at home? Or one of 2?
@Max79 If Avs didn't have to skate on that garbage slush ice it would have been a Avs Blowout like it will be Friday game n Denver.Those old dude's on Bolt's are threw
It’s not happening on Sunday, if they win on Friday they will have it on Monday or Tuesday. Not Sunday due to the pride fest. It’s simple logistics… Plus most championship parades are traditionally held during weekdays for most part.
Couldn't have been a tighter game, well played on both sides. Only complaints was some BAD missed calls on both sides. Like how blind were the refs? Didn't even see the game winning goal?! Come on! I will say though. Avs DOMINATED that OT. Props to vassy on the net. Well played boltz, and WELCOME BACK KADRI!!!
They just put away the whistles in the 3rd, I’m fine with that kind of thing as long as they don’t do what the tend to at times and let a ton of shit go then call some softie late. Consistent on both sides at least (believe me that Kadri trip had me heated but we got away with a bad one on Hedman)
Listen, and understand Tampa fans... The Avalanche are out there, they can’t be bargained with, they can’t be reasoned with, they don’t feel pity or remorse or fear, and they absolutely will not stop…EVER, until you are dead, and they raise the cup! 😳🤣
One could see the massive hits the lion hearted Tampa Bay were taking this series .....Colorado wore them down and third period they had them on the ropes ...A RELENTLESS OT FOR THE AVS FINALLY BROKE THROUGH AN AMAZING LIGHTNING GOALTENDER....A WONDERFUL GAME!!!!
This has been a great series though I’m a lightning fan. Avs have a great team- they remind me of us 2 years ago- fast and physical. Def the best two teams here in the Stanley Cup and if the Avs win- great job and congrats to the Colorado fans.
You were relieved to get past the Rangers & their home ice advantage. THAT was your moral victory. And you know it. The Rangers were flat on that series, and it even surprised the Lightning players. Everyone thought that it was going to be epic. If fizzled. Like this one. Not being political, but I haven't been 100% physically or mentally since the vaccine shots. The Boston Celtics were on a historic playoff run (look at who their opponents were) but they fizzled out too. Two young athletes died this week. People are still dropping like flies...young. There is SOMETHING amiss that has affected us all. The only thing I can point to PHYSICALLY is that I know all those affected had to have the vaccine shot. The Celtics, Rangers & Bolts ALL looked unstoppable & full of fury. Then...pffft. Nothin'.
Kadri has beaten Vas in OT 👏🏻 on Tampa’s garbage ice. Well done avs 👌🏻 . commentators can’t get Vas out of their mouths that’s all they talk about just awful, Kadri scores the game winning goal… silence 😂
I don't listen to the TV telecast... Can't stand it. I watch the games with Altitude Sports radio on to hear our guys call the game. This highlight clip was the first I heard the awful commentators... and you are correct!
tampa looks faded like i’ve been saying since game 2 they put everything in game 3 and that’ll be all she wrote home ice advantage is gonna kill tampa like i said avs in 5 ice up tampa y’all need it
@@notfromthisworld7672 what do you mean I'm suggesting it looked like the Avs where on a power play the entire overtime....... other than the couple quick chances Tampa had it was all AVS..... 1W!!!!!!!
Kuemper really was the unsung hero for the Avs in this game. He could have folded after that very weak 2nd goal by Hedman but he didn't, and kept his team in it long enough for Kadri to get the stranglehold on the series.
deserves it less? tampa beat 3 of the top cup contenders. everyone thought this would be the year leafs made it past the first round and almost no one had tampa going past the first round, they were wrong. then tampa swept the #1 5 on 5 team in the nhl without their best center. and then tampa went up against the best goalie in the regular season and the team who had one of the best home ice advantages. colorado went up against the worst team in the entire playoffs, then against the blues which were a lower seed, and then mike smith aka swiss cheese. colorado had it easy getting here, tampa didnt
@@stopdroolin8418 avs are a great team im not saying their bad by any stretch of the imagination. but tampa definitely deserves to be in the stanley cup and there is no denying that
Lol my husband and I were like "did we win?" At the end. We never saw the puck. Until the camera zoomed in, then we were laughing so hard and cheering. Kadris first game back and he saves the day! Go Avs Go! See ya Friday at the Ball! aye
I could’ve sworn it went in and then no one was reacting and then the Avs just started cheering. So reminiscent of Kane in 2010 against Philly. Obviously not as epic but still pretty dope
Colorado is going to keep the ice cold and fast for game 5. Fast ice, and 17% less oxygen for Tampa players translates to a game 5 win, and the Cup back in CO.
@KyleAroundTheWorld Not admitting anything more than Tampa admitting to how humidity affects CO players, and how keeping the ice slushy to slow the Avs down is a cheap shot. Just be happy that the Av's don't train in Leadville, CO.
u could see Tampa wearing out now u can say there done they gave it there all for 6 periods and even made the Ice shitty to give them an advantage...but game 5 is the Avs..can't wait
@@kevinb3812 my wife played hockey and she said the ice looks terrible like it's being melted on purpose and even Kadri in an intermission interview called it garbage ice ...and our local radio even said Tampa purposely did this with the ice to slow the avs down
