Colorado Avalanche’s Nathan MacKinnon (29) and Gabriel Landeskog (92) celebrate a third period goal that gets by Edmonton Oilers goalie Mike Smith (41) and Cody Ceci (5) couldn’t stop the puck in game four of the Western Conference Finals at Ball Arena in Denver on Mon Jun 6, 2022 (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Conference Finals podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 Tampa Bay Lightning picked up their first win of the series after being down two games to one. The Lightning came back after being down 2-1 with two goals in the third period scored by the Lightning Steve Stamkos and with just 42 seconds left by Ondrej Palat for a 3-2 win.

#2 The New York Rangers in the first two games won by four goals in game one 6-4 and in game two by one goal 3-2. The Lightning knew their backs were to the wall and couldn’t afford to lose game 3 on their home ice in Tampa Bay.

#3 Tampa Bay head coach Jon Cooper knew that the Lightning had to regroup how surprising knowing not only the talents of the club but they have Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. It was a surprise for the Lightning and Vasilevskiy when they lost those first two games to the Rangers.

#4 The Colorado Avalanche came away with a 6-5 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers at Ball Arena in Denver to sweep the Oilers four games to none. The Avalanche’s Artturi Lehkonen scored the game winning goal at 1:19 in the overtime stanza to get the Avalanche into the Stanley Cup Finals.

#5 For the Avalanche Cal Maker, Devon Toews, Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen all scored a goal each for the Aves. Colorado goaltender Pavel Francouz saved 30 of 35 shots.

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