Another two-game day is on with...
The Carolina Hurricanes welcoming the Tampa Bay Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy and Alex Nedeljkovic are the masked men. Tampa Bay got going in the second period with a Brayden Point power play goal, his fifth of the postseason, powered by Victor Hedman and Nikita Kucherov. Carolina tied it on a Jake Bean power play goal, with assists provided by Andrei Svechnikov and Jesper Fast. The Lightning retook the lead with a Barclay Goodrow goal, via Blake Coleman. This stood for a 2-1 win, with the three stars given to Goodrow, Vasilevskiy (37 for 38 in saves), and Point. The Lightning own a 1-0 series lead.
In Colorado, the Avalanche bring in the Vegas Golden Knights. Robin Lehner and Philipp Grubauer guard the cages. Colorado started in the first period with a Mikko Rantanen goal, his second of the postseason, via Devon Toews and Cale Makar. The Avalanche added on with a Gabriel Landeskog goal, his third of the playoffs, guided in by Makar and Samuel Girard. Colorado extended the lead as Brandon Saad scored his fourth of the postseason in the second period, thanks to Valeri Nichushkin and Makar. The Avalanche padded the lead as Nathan MacKinnon scored his seventh of the playoffs, with the help of Ryan Graves. Colorado kept going with a Landeskog power play goal, his fourth of the postseason, powered by Rantanen and MacKinnon. Vegas got on the board with a William Karlsson goal, his second of the playoffs, fueled by Max Pacioretty and Jonathan Marchessault. The Avalanche responded on a MacKinnon goal, his eighth of the postseason, passed from Joonas Donskoi and Landeskog. Colorado continued with a Makar goal in the third period, his second of the playoffs, made possible by Tyson Jost and Andre Burakovsky. This made it 7-1, the final, with the three stars being Makar, MacKinnon, and Landeskog, while Rantanen gets an honorable mention. The Avalanche established a 1-0 series lead with the tone-setting win.
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