Avalanche’s Darcy Kuemper: In goal again for Game 5

Kuemper will guard the home goal in Friday’s Game 5 versus the Lightning, Tom Gulitti of NHL.com reports.

Kuemper has allowed 10 goals across the first four games of the Stanley Cup Finals. He was pulled in Game 3 but bounced back in Game 4 by stopping 37 of 39 shots in a 3-2 overtime win to send the Avalanche back to Denver one win away from the title. The 32-year-old will get the first crack at securing the Avalanche’s first championship since 2001.

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