2022 Stanley Cup Final: Lightning vs. Avalanche odds, NHL picks, Game 6 prediction from proven hockey model
The 2022 Stanley Cup Final will continue on Sunday with Game 6 in Tampa Bay. The Lightning won the first game 3-2 on Friday. Caesars Sportsbook lists Colorado as the slight -115 favorite. Over-under for goals is set at six. NHL model simulates each NHL game 10,000 times. It has a 23-18 record on its top-rated NHL side picks.
Tampa Bay Lightning and Colorado Avalanche are playing in the Stanley Cup Final. Lightning are the favourites. Colorado has won eight of their last nine road games.
Avalanche and Lightning are playing each other. Lightning have won 12 of their last 16 games. The total has gone under in 12 out of last last 15 games for Tampa Bay.
The Avalanche lost Game 5 to the Lightning, but they still have a chance to win the Stanley Cup Final. Cale Makar has 29 points in 19 postseason games for Colorado. The team's first power-play unit is dangerous and it was 0-for-2 in Game5.
The Lightning won the game against the Colorado Avalanche on Friday. Andrei Vasilevskiy turned away 35 of the 37 shots that he faced in the win. The goalie has won 48 games in net in last three seasons.
SportsLine's model is leaning over on the total. It also says one side of the money line has all the value.
