The primary benefit for the Avalanche penalty-killing unit of having a week-plus worth of practices between the sweep of Edmonton and Wednesday’s Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals against Tampa Bay? It practiced against their own power play.
Sharp from start to finish, the Avalanche limited the Lightning to only three shots on goal over three power plays in a 4-3 overtime win.
“The guys were awesome,” goalie Darcy Kuemper said. “We’ve worked hard at it and guys were ready to go and made some big blocks and we got good pressure and we were able to get good exits.