Avalanche Pile on Oilers in Shutout Victory

Edmonton Oilers vs Colorado Avalanche

Game 2- (COL leads series 2-0)

Game Recap:

After winning the first game of this Western Conference final series, the Colorado Avalanche look to extend their lead over the Edmonton Oilers with a victory to two. The first period was a very evenly matched one as the shot counts were about even with both teams having plenty of offensive chances. Despite plenty of chances, neither team would score and it would remain that way through the end of period one.

The second period is where things started to get interesting on the scoreboard. Colorado scored three times within a span of about a little over two minutes. Avalanche goals would come from Arturri Lekhonen who would tip a puck in, Josh Manson who would unleash a powerful slap shot, and Miko Rantanen who would score on a 2 on 1. Edmonton on the other hand just couldn’t get anything going offensively. After two periods, the Avalanche would have a 3-0 lead heading into the third and final period.

It was a mostly quiet third period until Nathan MacKinnon would blast a one timer on the power play at the 15:20 mark. After that goal, it would be smooth sailing for Colorado as they would shut down the Oilers and go on to win 4-0. Avalanche goalie Pavel Francouz made 24 saves to earn the shutout. This series now moves to Edmonton on Saturday night as the Oilers hope to get back in this best of seven series.

Lineups

Edmonton Oilers

Based on warm-up, Oilers lineup in Game 2 of WCF:

Kane – McDavid – Draisaitl
Hyman – RNH – Yamamoto
Foegele – McLeod – Puljujarvi
Archibald – Ryan – Kassian

Nurse – Ceci
Keith – Bouchard
Kulak – Barrie

Smith#Oilers

— Tony Brar (@TonyBrarOTV) June 2, 2022

Colorado Avalanche

Round 3️⃣ Game 2️⃣#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/HfYx5Q4BGE

— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) June 2, 2022

Game Highlights

First Period

*No goals were scored

Second Period

GOAL (COL) 3:58- Artturi Lekhonen (Nazem Kadri, Miko Rantanen)

Okay okay okay we’re catching up with ONE GOAL. #GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/CTdgZKTsoT

— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) June 3, 2022

GOAL (COL) 4:13- Josh Manson (Nazem Kadri, Arturri Lekhonen)

TWO GOAL#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/Jqw2BVLtjn

— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) June 3, 2022

GOAL (COL) 6:02- Miko Rantanen (Nazem Kadri, Gabriel Landeskog)

Burgundy and Blue Goal!!!#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/30hkFGQTde

— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) June 3, 2022

Third Period

Power Play GOAL (COL) 15:20- Nathan MacKinnon (Cale Makar)

WE MEANT NATE#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/9GqQteOhID

— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) June 3, 2022

Final Stats

	EDM	COL
Shots	24	40
Hits	32	35
Power Play	0/2	1/7
Face-Offs	55%	45%

Next Up: Game 3- Colorado Avalanche @ Edmonton Oilers, Saturday 6/4/22 8pm EST/5pm PST

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