Colorado hockey players with Pavel Francouz in the goal won in Edmonton 6: 5 in overtime, won the series 4: 0 in matches and after 21 years advanced to the finals of the NHL playoffs.
The Czech goalkeeper helped the guests to progress through thirty interventions. Avalanche defender Cale Makar scored five points for a goal and four assists.
Colorado led 1-0 after the first period after Makar’s shot from the 4th minute, but the home team turned the standings with three goals in the second half. Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid gradually gained ground.
Devon Toews reduced the lead to 2: 3 after half a minute of the second period, but Hyman returned the home team to a two-goal lead with his second goal in the duel. The following minutes belonged to the Avalanche hockey players, who, thanks to Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen, turned five minutes before the end of the basic playing time to 5: 4.
The elimination of Edmonton was averted, at least for a while, by Zack Kassian, who took advantage of McDavid’s assistance with Leon Draisaitl and sent the match into overtime.
However, after a minute and 19 seconds, Artturi Lehkonen decided that, with his sixth goal in the playoffs, pushed Colorado to advance to the finals.
NHL Western Conference Playoff Final – Match 4:
Edmonton – Colorado 5: 6 in overtime (0: 1, 3: 0, 2: 4 – 0: 1)
Goals: 28. and 44. Hyman, 37. Nugent-Hopkins, 39. McDavid, 57. Kassian – 4. Makar, 41. D. Toews, 49. Landeskog, 54. MacKinnon, 55. Rantanen, 62. Lehkonen. Shots on goal: 35:42. Frenchman caught the whole game for Colorado, collected five goals from 35 shots and had a success rate of 85.7 percent. Attendance: 18,347. Match stars: 1. Draisaitl (Edmonton), 2. Makar (Colorado), 3. McDavid (Edmonton). Final score of the series 0: 4.
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