2023-05-01 06:43:23
It’s a huge feeling. Colorado, defending champion, and Boston, big favorite to succeed him, were eliminated in the first round of the play-offs, and on their ice, in the decisive seventh game, respectively by Seattle and Florida, on Sunday.
The Avalanche, who thought they had done the hardest part, winning with their backs to the wall in the previous game in Seattle to tie the series (3-3), were unable to finish the job in front of their audience. A double from Oliver Bjorkstrand gave the victory (2-1) to the Kraken, which is only playing its second season in the NHL and is discovering the play-offs.
Seattle will face Dallas, Florida will face Toronto
The disillusion is even stronger for the Bruins, who had flown over the regular season by setting a new record of victories (65). They will wait to hope to win the seventh Stanley Cup in their history. They will be able to harbor regrets, because they had made the break (3-1) in their series, before therefore giving in during the following three matches, the last of which in their lair at TD Garden (4-3 ap).
One minute from the end of regulation time, Brandon Montour saved Florida by scoring his second goal of the evening for the equalizer (3-3), before Carter Verhaeghe scored the victory. In the second round, in the Western Conference, Seattle will face the Dallas Stars who took out the Minnesota Wild (4-2). In the East, Florida will challenge Toronto, winner of Tampa Bay (4-2).
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