Lightning shorten in Stanley Cup final | Sports at home/abroad

NHL – The decision in the Stanley Cup finals is adjourned. The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Colorado Avalanche in Denver 3-2 in game five, reducing the series to 2-3.

Twice the Avalanche were able to respond to a deficit, the home side had no answer to the third Lightning goal, scored by Ondrej Palat with six and a half minutes to go. For the Czech it was the eleventh goal in these playoffs. One of the Avalanche’s scorers was Cale Makar. The Canadian, who had won the NHL defenseman of the season three days before Roman Josi, equalized at the beginning of the third period to make it 2-2. Makar, who was also one of the preparers of the 1:1 by the Russian Valeri Nichuschkin in the second half, has already collected 29 scorer points in the current playoffs with eight goals and 21 assists.

With the away win, the Lightning kept their chance of winning the third title in a row open. However, the statistics speak against the team from Florida. In 36 cases only Toronto has managed to win a final after 1:3 victories. 80 years ago, the Maple Leafs were even able to turn a 0-3 deficit against the Detroit Red Wings.

The sixth game takes place on Monday night in Tampa.

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