MOSCOW, 19 Jun. The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 2 of the National Hockey League (NHL) Playoff Final. 0. Russian striker Valery Nichushkin scored a double (3rd and 25th minutes), two more goals were sent by Keil Makar (43, 50). Josh Manson (8), Andre Burakowski (14) and Darren Helm (37) scored one goal each. Nichushkin was recognized as the first star of the match. In the current NHL playoffs, the 27-year-old forward scored 8 goals and made 5 assists in 16 games. Russian forward “Tampa” Nikita Kucherov did not make a single shot on target and ended the game with a utility indicator of “-2”. Russian goaltender “Tampa” Andrey Vasilevsky in his 100th playoff game saved 23 shots out of 30 and missed all seven goals, repeating his anti-record in the NHL. Vasilevskiy conceded three goals in the first period for the second straight game, having never conceded more than two goals in a Stanley Cup opening game before. defeated “Minnesota” with a score of 8:0. The score in the series to four victories was 2-0 in favor of “Colorado”, the next game will be held on June 21 on the ice of “Tampa”.
