Reigning champions Tampa Bay bounced back and won the third final game, clear 6-2.
Thus, the final series was reduced to 2-1.
But victory may have been precious.
In the third period, Colorado's Devon Toews cross-checked Tampa Bay's superstar Nikita Kutjerov.
The result: Two minutes' suspension for Toews at the same time as Kucherov was forced to break the match shortly afterwards.
"It's a dangerous game"
After the match, Swedish Victor Hedman rages against Toews crosschecking.
- This is something you do not want to see out on the ice, says Hedman and continues:
- It's a dangerous game.
You never want to see it.
We'll see if anything happens with this, probably not.
But it's a dangerous game.
How serious it is with Kucherov and whether he is available for the next final match is still unclear.
- No update on any of the players unfortunately.
We'll do it tomorrow, says Cooper.