Saturday, May 21, 2022

NHL Playoffs 2022 - Day 19

Due to scheduling, there's only one game today. First up...

The St. Louis Blues host the Colorado Avalanche. Darcy Kuemper and Jordan Binnington are the masked men. St. Louis kicked off the scoring in the first period with a Colton Parayko goal, his second of the postseason, via Ryan O'Reilly. Ville Husso replaced an injured Binnington. Colorado tied it on a Logan O'Connor goal, passed from Josh Manson and Darren Helm. The Avalanche took the lead in the second period with a Nazem Kadri goal, his second of the playoffs, guided in by Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen. Colorado added on with an Artturi Lehkonen goal, his third of the postseason, assisted by Kadri. The Blues got one back with an O'Reilly goal, his seventh of the playoffs, fueled by Nick Leddy and Pavel Buchnevich. The Avalanche replied in the third period with a Gabriel Landeskoggoal, his fifth of the postseason, with helpers from Nathan MacKinnon and Rantanen. Colorado iced it at 5-2 with a Lehkonen empty net goal, his second of the game and fourth of the playoffs, set up by Valeri Nichushkin. The three stars were Lehkonen, Kadri, and Rantanen, while O'Reilly gets an honorable mention. The Avalanche retook the series lead at 2-1. 

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