DENVER – Colorado coach Jared Bednar was unhappy about a controversial penalty in Friday’s game five of the Stanley Cup Final that helped determine the fate of the avalanche in 3-2 Loss to Tampa Bay.
Bednar led the series 3-1 by entering Game 5 with a chance to raise the trophy on the home ice. Lightning achieved a partial victory due to the tripping offense that was imposed on it Cal Makar In the second period, resulting in a 4 against 3 goal of the Tampa Bay striker Nikita Kucherov.
This ended up being the difference in Friday’s result, which did not align well with Bednar.
“I didn’t like that call, just because I don’t think there was any intention,” Bednar said. “I don’t even think he was checking out that guy [Ondrej Palat]. It kind of sounded to me like tripping over his wand. It’s tough. They got their only goal of playing on that goal. So that hurts, stings a little. But that’s what it is. You have to roll with the punches.”
Makar tried to avoid questions about the penalty afterwards by claiming he had not seen a replay yet and kept focusing on Colorado’s ongoing goal of ending the series.
“I’m not here to talk about the rulers,” Makar said. “We have to struggle through that. It’s a qualifier, there’s going to be a game of contrasts to play with different people. That’s what it is. You can’t get your feelings into it. To me, that’s [tripping penalty] It doesn’t happen often but at the end of the day you have to refocus.”
When this happened, the two teams were already playing 4v4 due to minor penalties for Alex Killorn (Contract) A late compensation appeal against JT Comfier (holds stick). Colorado’s penalty kicks were 2 for 2 that night already, but she could not stop Kucherov when he threw a shot at Darcy Comber.
Avalanche had already overcome a 1-0 deficit to tie the match when Kucherov reached 2-1 Lightning. Colorado tried to keep the momentum shift in perspective despite how the Tampa Bay man’s advantage appeared.
“that’s unfortunate,” Devon Toze He said of the call. “I don’t know if you can say it’s unjustified or not. We didn’t get the killer. Then we didn’t generate enough or hit enough pucks on the goalkeeper. So it’s a key point in the game, but I don’t know what.” If that is the reason for it [we lost]. “
Friday was the second consecutive game in the cup final that put the spotlight on management. Lightning coach John Cooper pulled out of his press conference after Tampa Bay lost 4-3 in overtime in Game 4 after saying he was unbelievable. Nazim QadriThe game-winning goal should have been counted. This was later revealed due to a missed call by several men on the ice against the avalanche.
Colorado were penalized for having too many men late in the third game of Game Five while trailing 3-2, preventing them from drawing Kuemper until less than a minute left. Bednar rated Kuemper’s overall play in 26 saves performances as “okay,” and the 4-on-3 mark continued to loom large for netminder.
“You know, I loved our game,” Comber said. “They got a 4 on 3 call there and scored in. It ended up being the difference.”
Tampa Bay proved after an emotional loss in Game 4 that it can quickly turn the page. Now Colorado has to do the same and leave any long-standing frustration about Friday’s ending behind as the series moves back to Tampa for Game 6 on Sunday.
“I’m not entering [the officiating]Team captain Gabriel Landskog He said. “It’s something they [the Lightning] can continue to do; We don’t. We focus on our game. We’ll be watching some videos tomorrow, and making sure to improve a few things for the next game here.”
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