Tampa Bay Lightning at Colorado Avalanche
· National Hockey League
Olofsson, Wedgewood lead Avalanche past Lightning 3-2 in rematch of 2022 final
Playing against his former team, Ross Colton also scored to help the Avalanche — who beat Tampa Bay in 2022 to win the title — push their points total to an NHL-best 21. The Lightning had won five in a row.
Olofsson’s two-goal outing came seven days after his first career hat trick in a victory over New Jersey. Nathan MacKinnon had an assist, giving him a team-high 20 points and extending his points streak to seven games.
Nikita Kucherov scored his fifth goal of the season for Tampa Bay, giving the 32-year-old right wing seven points in his past three games against the Avalanche. The goal gave him 1,005 career points, breaking a tie with Brian Propp for 100th place in NHL history.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 31 shots.
With the game tied at 1 in the second period, Colorado scored twice in 1:13 seconds, the first of which came from Olofsson on the power play against the NHL’s third-best penalty kill.
A backhand goal from Brayden Point early in the third period cut the Avalanche’s advantage in half.
Lightning: At Vegas on Thursday night.
Regular Season SeriesCOL leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 1:37 | Nikita Kucherov Goal (5) Wrap-around, assists: none |
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Goal | 1st Period 13:51 | Victor Olofsson Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (10), Martin Necas (9) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 4:08 | Victor Olofsson Goal (5) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Drury (4), Gabriel Landeskog (4) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 5:21 | Ross Colton Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Sam Malinski (5), Brock Nelson (2) |
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Goal | 3rd Period 3:32 | Brayden Point Goal (3) Backhand, assists: Charle-Edouard D'Astous (2), Victor Hedman (10) |
Statistics
 TB |
 COL |
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|---|---|---|
| 14 | Blocked Shots | 15 |
| 23 | Hits | 17 |
| 4 | Takeaways | 7 |
| 24 | Shots | 33 |
| 0 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
| 3 | Power Play Opportunities | 4 |
| 0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 25.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 30 | Faceoffs Won | 31 |
| 49.2 | Faceoff Win Percent | 50.8 |
| 14 | Giveaways | 11 |
| 5 | Total Penalties | 4 |
| 13 | Penalty Minutes | 11 |
Colorado Avalanche Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Zachary L'Heureux, LW | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
| Logan O'Connor, RW | Injured Reserve | Sep 29 |
| Trent Miner, G | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
| Georgii Merkulov, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Emil Lilleberg, D | Out | Oct 5 |
| Yanni Gourde, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
| Dominic James, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 28 |
