Kadri scores OT winner in return for Avalanche in Game 4 of Cup Final

TAMPA -- Nazem Kadri returned and scored the game-winner at 12:02 of overtime for the Colorado Avalanche in their
3-2 victory
against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena on Wednesday.

Kadri had hand surgery for an injury he sustained in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final against the Edmonton Oilers on June 4. He left at 1:06 of the first period after he was boarded by Oilers forward Evander Kane, who received a major penalty and was suspended one game. Kadri has been skating on his own since Thursday and particpated in the morning skate.
The forward had an NHL career-high 87 points (28 goals, 59 assists) in 71 regular-season games and has 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) in 14 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Colorado leads the best-of-7 series 3-1 and can win the Stanley Cup in Game 5 at Ball Arena in Denver on Friday.
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Andrew Cogliano missed Game 1 of the Cup Final after having hand surgery for an injury sustained after blocking a shot in Game 4 of the Wconference final. The Avalanche forward returned for Game 2 and said he can understand Kadri wanting to get back as soon as possible.
"You do everything in your power to get back and contribute and a timeline of what it's supposed to be, obviously it fast tracks quite a bit," Cogliano said. "I think adrenaline kicks in, you're compete and your fire take a lot of probably the healing of it, because you want to get back in, you want to help your team. So, it's going to be no different for him."

Darcy Kuemper made 37 saves for the Avalanche on Wednesday after he allowed five goals on 22 shots before being replaced by Pavel Francouz when Pat Maroon scored at 11:15 of the second period in the Lightning's 6-2 win in Game 3. Kuemper was 37-12-4 with a 2.54 goals-against average, .921 save percentage and five shutouts in 57 regular-season games and is 8-3 with a 2.76 GAA, .892 save percentage and one shutout in 13 playoff games.
"I thought last game was the first game in a while where a lot of the chances we gave up were self-inflicted in terms of turnovers, plays with the puck and giving guys good looks in the middle of the slot area," Cogliano said.
"Tampa's been that type of team for a long time. When they get opportunities to score, they score. It's simple as that. I thought last game we didn't do a good job as a team managing the puck and defending in those areas and when you give guys like [forwards Steven] Stamkos and [Ondrej] Palat opportunities to shoot right down the pipe, they're going to score every time."