The Avalanche were expecting the Tampa Bay Lightning to offer their best game in game three after falling to Colorado twice in Denver. And that’s just what they got from them.
Game three was Tampa’s only real chance to turn things around after their humiliating loss to the Avalanche on Saturday night at Ball Arena. The Avs scored seven goals against arguably the best goalie in the NHL in Andrei Vasilevskiy. Most analysts praised Colorado for such a dominating performance saying it was the most complete and near-perfect game they had every witnessed.
The Avalanche scored first but after the Lightning challenged the play of offsides, the refs overturned the goal and won the challenge. Colorado eventually scored the first goal however Tampa Bay quickly tied things up and eventually took their first lead of the series before the end of the first period.
Tampa didn’t really look back from there, scoring three goals, resulting in the Avalanche pulling Darcy Keumper from the net. Pavel Francouz replaced Keumper two-thirds of the way through the second and only gave up one more goal to the Lightning through the remainder of the game. That however proved to be too much for Colorado to come back from. Colorado lost game three 2-6.
Game four is scheduled for Wednesday, June 22 at 6 p.m. MST. before the Avs return home for game five this Friday at Ball Arena.
In other sports, the Colorado Rockies accomplished a sweep of the number two team in the National League West, the San Diego Padres over the weekend. Colorado defeated the Padres 10-4 in game one, 5-4 in game two and 8-3 in game three. This week the Rockies are in Miami to face the Marlins in a three-game series (game one’s results not available by the time of this writing). Game two is scheduled for Wednesday, June 22, at 4:40 p.m. MST.
The Rockies will then travel to the Twin Cities to face off against the Minnesota Twins on Friday before returning home to host the division-leading L.A. Dodgers next Monday.
The Denver Broncos are just months away from the start of the regular season and not any closer to knowing what the final 53-man roster will look like. This is only because of how fierce the competition has been at Dove Valley. Several Broncos who were injured last season are vying for top spots on the roster, like offensive lineman Graham Glasgow who played seven games last season before being sidelined by injury. Offensive lineman Quinn Meinerz stepped in for Glasgow and became an immediate fan favorite for his running back blocking.
K.J. Hamler is returning from a torn ACL in week three and is looking to gain a spot among an already saturated receiving corps. Hamler has been a darling during OTA’s and is showing his coaches why he should be one of Russell Wilson’s top targets come game one.
