The Stanley Cup has left the building.
The Colorado Avalanche looked to close it out against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5, but faced an uphill battle all night. Jan Rutta scored early for the Lightning, forcing the Avalanche to play catchup. Valeri Nichushkin managed to do just that in the second period, but Nikita Kucherov pulled the Lightning ahead once more with a power play goal. Though Andrei Vasilevskiy played well all night, another tying goal slipped by him, credited to Cale Makar.