Tampa Bay Lightning @ Colorado Avalanche

Stanley Cup Final - Game 5 • COL leads series 3-2

51-23-8, 24-15-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	1	1	1	3
Avalanche COL	0	1	1	2

Colorado AvalancheAvalancheCOL

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		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	1	1	1	3
	Avalanche	0	1	1	2

1st Period			TB	COL
15:23		Jan Rutta (1) Assists: Corey Perry (4), Mikhail Sergachev (7)	1	0

2nd Period			TB	COL
5:07		Valeri Nichushkin (9) Assists: Cale Makar (21), Nathan MacKinnon (10)	1	1
8:10		Nikita Kucherov (8) (Power Play) Assists: Corey Perry (5), Steven Stamkos (8)	2	1

3rd Period			TB	COL
2:31		Cale Makar (8) Assists: Devon Toews (10), Valeri Nichushkin (6)	2	2
13:38		Ondrej Palat (11) Assists: Mikhail Sergachev (8), Victor Hedman (16)	3	2

LIGHTNING

AVALANCHE

Lightning
3
Avalanche
4

Game 1

16/6

Lightning
0
Avalanche
7

Game 2

19/6

Avalanche
2
Lightning
6

Game 3

21/6

Avalanche
3
Lightning
2

Game 4

23/6

Lightning
3
Avalanche
2

Game 5

25/6

Avalanche
2
Lightning
1

Game 6

27/6

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	18	11	3	39
Detroit	18	12	3	39
Montreal	17	11	4	38
Boston	19	14	0	38
Florida	16	13	2	34
Toronto	14	12	5	33
Ottawa	14	13	4	32
Buffalo	14	14	4	32

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	23	2	7	53
Dallas	21	7	5	47
Minnesota	19	9	5	43
Utah	16	15	3	35
Chicago	13	13	6	32
Winnipeg	15	15	1	31
St. Louis	12	14	7	31
Nashville	12	15	4	28

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Colorado Avalanche

Stars of the Game

Ondrej PalatLW - TB

Cale MakarD - COL

Andrei VasilevskiyG - TB

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Lightning win Game 5, deny Avs chance to take Stanley Cup

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