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Can the Lightning make it three Stanley Cups in a row?

EDMONTON, Alberta — Wearing a smile nearly as big as when he handed the Stanley Cup to Ray Bourque in 2001, Joe Sakic emerged from the Colorado locker room after Avs’ 6-5 victory against Edmonton. “It’s fun. But we’re not done,” Sakic told me Monday. “We need four more wins.”

They made quick work of the Oilers and will await the winner of the Rangers-Lightning series.

The tense moment proved too much for rules analyst Don Koharski to handle.

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.

EDMONTON, Alberta — The commitment to its “next-man-up” philosophy helped the Avalanche get within a victory of advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals here Saturday night.

Here are three quick hits from the Colorado Avalanche's 4-2 victory against the Edmonton Oilers to go up 3-0 in the Western Conference finals.

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