Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning successfully challenged the Colorado Avalanche's opening goal and went to pick up their first win of the Stanley Cup Final.

The NHL, after a long review, ruled that Avalanche defenseman Bowen Byram had pulled the puck slightly out of the zone and the play was offside. "It's a contact game, but guys know what they're doing," Cooper said of the play. "He didn't have a good night," Bednar said of Kuemper. "Neither did our team. "Probably three times the length we normally get." The Avalanche had scored three first-period goals in both games in Denver, winning 4-3 in overtime and 7-0. They ran their home winning streak to eight games while the Avalanche lost for the first time on the road.

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The defending champs returned home down 0-2. The Avs blitzed the Lightning in the first two games of the Final, but Game 3 was an entirely different story.

More importantly, they didn't trail by multiple goals after the first 10 minutes of a game in this series. And it was the Lightning who took advantage with a pair of goals. And Vasilevskiy maintaining the lead against more Colorado pressure, as the Avs had 14 shots on goal in the period. Not only did the Avalanche hold the Lightning off, they also drew a penalty. The Lightning are 6-1 when they lead after one period. When the Lightning took a 5-2 lead past the halfway point of the second, Darcy Kuemper was out after allowing five goals on 21 shots. Just like the Lightning roared back from a 2-0 deficit on the road in the Eastern Conference Final, they look like a different team in Game 3 against the Avalanche. They mustered 16 shots in Game 2; they have pumped 26 shots on the Avalanche goal tonight. It was the first road loss Colorado had suffered in the playoffs, but the Avs still lead the series 2-1. They couldn't score on the power play in the first two games; they finally tallied one in Game 3. The Avalanche haven't faced much adversity of late and Kuemper, who saw only 16 shots in Game 2, didn't handle it well. But the Tampa Bay Lightning, winners of consecutive titles, returned home and cut their two-game deficit down to one, defeating the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 in Monday's Game 3. Colorado jumped out to early leads in both games and, in Game 2, absolutely dominated Tampa Bay. Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, one of the best postseason goalies in NHL history, was blitzed for seven goals on Saturday.

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It’s a triple threat, going for that three-peat right?” said Nelson. “I like to say my dining room has 19,000 seats,” said Nelson. “We have 30 plus food stands, the all-inclusive clubs. “Game day is always the same,” said Nelson. “They have an omelet station in the morning, a full breakfast, breakfast sausage, bacon, waffles or pancakes, eggs, egg casserole.