The Colorado Avalanche made good on their vow to avoid a letdown in Game 2, and now they’re two wins away from winning it all.
Cale Makar and Valeri Nichushkin scored two goals each, Darcy Kuemper had 16 saves and the Colorado Avalanche demolished the Tampa Bay Lightning 7–0 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final in Denver on Saturday night.
“It was a little bit of a weird one,” Makar said. “Guys were getting opportunities and we were able to capitalize tonight.”
Colorado leads the series 2–0 with Game 3 set for Tampa Bay on Monday night. It was the biggest shutout in the finals since Pittsburgh beat the Minnesota North Stars 8–0 in Game 6 to clinch the 1991 Cup….