In a Stanley Cup Final, you need a few games to get the level of play going. The coaches and teams want to try different things, chase their opponents, or keep things tight until there is absolutely no choice. NHL coaches don't fear chaos very much.
The Stanley Cup Final has two guys who are confident enough in their teams and adventurous enough in ethos to just say "Fuck it"
It wasn't the best plan for the Bolts to fly at each other in Wednesday's Game 1 like Neo and Agent Smith did in the subway station The Avs dominated the game in the first and third periods, scoring over 70 percent of their goals. The Avs got their second goal because of the aggressive play of the d-men.
Nathan MacKinnon found Valeri after a strong forecheck.
Read moreThis was the story all of the first, as the Avs took a page out of the world's leading soccer teams and pressed devilishly as high up the ice as possible. The other team's blue line is usually held by your d-men.
The Bolts did what any team would do when the opposing safeties dropped into the box. It should be left over for them.
Nicholas Paul caught up to the puck and got in alone at the hashmarks.
Read moreThe Avs were the only team that the Lightning tried to go over the heads of. It got the Avs to back up and remind everyone why they are called the Avs. He let in the tying goal as he failed to move along with Mikhail Sergachev as he changed the angle to the net from the point, which left his shortside a canyonesque opening.
Mikhail Sergachev slides down the wall, finds an open lane and shoots a shot.
Read moreThe Avs kicked up a gear in the 3rd that saw them recover from being down by a goal at the end of the first.
Eventually, that pressure will take its toll. Sergachev has been known to cough up a lung when under scrutiny and here was a true pizza.
The Stanley Cup Final is tied at one after the first period.
Read moreThe Avs are in the middle of the zone and J.T. Compher has the puck on his stick after a turnover.
The trap and grind game Cooper went to against the Rangers was probably not going to show all of the cards of the other team. At some point, we'll see it. The Stanley Cup Final played in a way we rarely see in the playoffs. There isn't a hockey fan who wouldn't want six more games of this. Hockey fans like to promote the game being the fastest around, but rarely do you get two teams like this doing their best to show how far behind other sports can be.
To our veins, hook it.
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