“If they score first,” Pat Maroon had said prior to Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final, “that’s fine.”
Just keep playing, keep working, keep finding ways to create offence and to get more shots and more pressure. Trust the process. And don’t give up.
After all, as they showed in a 6-2 statement win on Monday night, they hadn’t won back-to-back championships by fluke.Article content That it came in a game where Tampa Bay was missing Brayden Point and had several others who were struggling to get around the ice — including Nikita Kucherov, who left ib the third period after getting cross-checked from behind — showed that it is going to take far more than what the Avalanche has given to knock the champs off their throne.Article content
Either way, everything — from their goaltending to their stars showing up to their scoring depth — was a lot better on Monday night.Like the previous two games, the start to the game wasn’t ideal for Tampa Bay, which trailed 1-0 on a power play goal from Gabriel Landeskog at 8:19 in the first period. It was the third straight game where Colorado had struck first. But considering the circumstances, it could have been worse.
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