Colorado is playing for the Stanley Cup, after not letting go of any loss against semifinal opponent Edmonton.

4-0 sounds like a walking victory, but Edmonton has not been an easy opponent, as the fourth and final semifinal meeting testified.

"Nice feeling"

The match offered several turns, where the team took turns to have the lead.

- We know that we have jobs left to do, but the group has shown resilience in that third period.

We talked about it after the other, that we have not yet played our best. We wanted to give it a real chance, throw together some good changes and get the job done - which of course is a nice feeling, says Landeskog at the press conference.

The third period offered both hope and despair for both sides, when Edmonton went in with a 3-1 lead, which after four minutes changed to a 4-2 lead.

Then came three straight from Colorado.

Gabriel Landeskog started the pick-up, Nathan MacKinnon equalized and Mikko Rantanen then gave the team the lead.

But Edmonton managed to equalize via Zack Kassian, and 5-5 lasted the period.

Lehkonen decided

However, the extra time lasted just over a minute before Artturi Lehkonen decided for Colorado.

The victory means that the Denver team is the champion in the left conference, and that they are on to the final after four straight victories.

- It landed straight on the blade, I basically had an open goal in front of me, so it was just to poke it in, says the shooter in an interview on the ice.

In the final, either the reigning champions of the past two seasons, Victor Hedman's Tampa Bay, or Mika Zibanejad's New York Rangers await.

CLIP: Tampa Bay turned 0-2 against the New York Rangers - after two points by Victor Hedman

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Victor Hedman (right) was responsible for two plays when Tampa Bay managed to turn 0-2 against the New York Rangers.

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