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Behind a goal and an assist from Nathan MacKinnon, the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup for the third time in franchise history and first in more than two decades by beating the Lightning 2-1 in Game 6.

TAMPA, Fla. — The NHL’s worst team only five years ago, the Avalanche completed its journey to the top of the hockey world Sunday night, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 to win the Stanley Cup for the first time in 21 years.

Valeri Nichushkin scored his seventh and eighth goals of the playoffs and continued to be the best player on the ice in the final.

Andrei Vasilevskiy and Tampa Bay were thumped 7-0 by Colorado, losing not only the game but their cool and their mojo in the process.

Who will win this year's award?

DENVER — Different generations, different styles of hockey. But the entertainment value is undoubtedly the same.

TAMPA, Fla. — They were among the very best in the NHL this season. Threats to score every night, every period, every shift.

Superstitions are not rare in sports, often time athletes eat the same meal before games or stick to a regimented routine to maintain continuity. Tiger Woods famously only wears red on Sundays, Michael Jordan wore his University of North Carolina college basketball shorts under his Chicago Bulls shorts and slugger…

EDMONTON, Alberta — Colorado’s Artturi Lehkonen scored on a rebound 1:19 into overtime in Game 4 here Monday night against Edmonton as the Avs swept the Western Conference Finals and advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since winning it all in 2001.