It was in the middle of the second period in the first semifinal that Colorado's goalkeeper Darcy Kuemper was forced to leave the match with an upper body injury.
Which led to backup goalie Pavel Francouz getting the chance from the start when the second semifinal (in the best of seven) was decided tonight.
And as he did.
The 31-year-old Czech stopped everything he got against him even though superstars like Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl did everything to break his zero.
After a goalless first period, Colorado took command in the second which they won 3-0 after, among other things, an assist by the Swedish team captain Gabriel Landeskog.
Nathan MacKinnon then put the nail in the coffin with his 4-0 goal at the end of the third period.