NHL Stanley Cup Final 2022 odds: Title and game lines, picks

Either the Tampa Bay Lightning will make historical past or the Colorado Avalanche will finish a 21-year title drought because the groups battle within the Stanley Cup Final.

The Avalanche superior to the ultimate for the primary time since 2001 on Monday. The Lightning superior to the ultimate for the third consecutive season on Saturday night time.

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Game 1 is at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday.

The Lightning, who joined the NHL in 1992, are looking for their fourth Cup (Tampa Bay gained its first title in 2004).

The Avs — beforehand the Quebec Nordiques — have twice gained the Cup (1996, 2001).

STANLEY CUP WINNER ODDS

Avalanche -182 (bet $10 to win $15.49 total) | Lightning +150 (bet $10 to win $25 total)

UPCOMING GAME

Lightning @ Avalanche (8 p.m. ET Wednesday, ABC; collection opener) 

Point unfold: Avalanche -1.5 (Avalanche favored to win by greater than 1.5 objectives, in any other case Lightning cowl)
Moneyline: Avalanche -154 favorites to win (wager $10 to win $16.49 whole); Lightning +120 underdogs to win (wager $10 to win $22 whole)
Total scoring over/underneath: 6 goals scored by both teams combined

Tampa Bay Lightning

TB

+1.5

+120

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Colorado Avalanche

COL

-1.5

-154

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The Tampa Bay Lightning are 3-1 (75%) vs. the Colorado Avalanche over the last three seasons

Here is the schedule for the Stanley Cup Final (all video games 8 p.m. ET, ABC):

Wednesday, Lightning @ Avalanche
Saturday, Lightning @ Avalanche
June 20, Avalanche @ Lightning
June 22, Avalanche @ Lightning
June 24, Lightning @ Avalanche *
June 26, Avalanche @ Lightning *
June 28, Lightning @ Avalanche *

* = if vital

FOX Bet affiliate dealer Steven Hemke describes the ultimate as a “dream matchup” between the two-time defending champion Lightning and the Western Conference factors chief Avalanche.

“These groups actually haven’t any current historical past within the playoffs which ought to arrange for nice motion for the books on either side,” Hemke stated.

Hemke likes the ultimate expertise and goaltending of Tampa Bay, which can get a lift by the return of middle Brayden Point, who sat out the convention finals with a lower-body harm. Point scored the Cup-clinching aim through the 2020 playoffs.

Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov is the main playoff scorer among the many groups with 23 factors. 

The high-flying Avalanche, that includes Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen – all high 10 draft picks – are averaging a postseason-best 4.64 objectives per game. 

But goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy offers the sting to the Lightning, Hemke stated. Vasilevskiy gained the Vezina Trophy (high goalie) in 2019 and the Conn Smythe Trophy (Stanley Cup MVP) final season.

PICK: Lightning to win collection outright (+150 at FOX Bet, bet $10 to win $25 total)

LONG-SHOT PICK: Lightning to win collection in six video games (+600 at FOX Bet, bet $10 to win $70 total)

PICK: Andrei Vasilevskiy to win Conn Smythe Trophy (+400 at FOX Bet, bet $10 to win $50 total)

LONG-SHOT PICK: Lightning captain Steven Stamkos to win Conn Smythe Trophy (+1500 at FOX Bet, bet $10 to win $160 total)

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