NHL: Sharks and Lightning on the verge of final

NHL: Sharks e Lightning a un passo dalla finale
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NHL: Sharks and Lightning on the verge of final

With Sunday's wins and Mondays & igrave; Tampa Bay and San Jose themselves ahead 3-2 in the two Conference finals.

If as the statistics in a series on the part of 2-2 who gets his third win in 78% of cases wins the series, the last two nights the Lightning and the Sharks have put a very important brick to land in the finals for the Stanley Cup .A West series between Pittsburgh and Tampa & egrave; the perfect demonstration that nell''Hockey not & egrave; sufficient to control the game and overwhelm opponents with their shots toward the door to win. The Penguins in five games have always collected more & ugrave; shots of opponents, a very clear 196-131, but are found to have to play the game on the ice against the inside or outside dell''ottimo victims of form of Nikita Kucherov who dragged the Lightning in overthrowing the dall''1-2 3-2 series accomplice also a great Vasilevskiy door after you & egrave; I found myself having to replace Ben Bishop. In Game 5 on Sunday night, the Penguins have thrown to the winds twice the advantage, first at 2-0 then 3-2 when Kucherov has impacted the game with 3 minutes and 16 seconds left to play to get where all''overtime Tyler Johnson ended the game leading the Lightning to a win by second consecutive final and throwing Penguins in the uncharted territory of defeats the lead after starting the third period (46-0-0 their budget in this situation in season) .A East in the final Conference we are witnessing the demonstration, which is beyond the fate of the series, of the supremacy of Sharks: perfect for 150 minutes in the first 180 minutes of the series yet able to cash "only" two victories, Saturday San Jos & egrave; He has played the worst game of his playoff campaign (a forgettable 3-6) rekindling hopes of St Louis but this night, in a complex game, arrived at 3-3 tains the decisive period San Jos & egrave; controlled games. Pavelski (which with 87 seconds to play in the second period had impacted the score) drove in the first seconds, the Sharks lead confirming its leadership with 12 goals in these playoffs. And the score & egrave; become rounded up to 6-3 with two goals to empty net nell''ultimo round of Tierney and Ward watch. For the fourth consecutive year the Blues lost Game 5 at home in a series at 2-2 while the Sharks for the first time they see in front of s & egrave; the concrete possibility & agrave; to get to the Stanley Cup final.
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