Lightning vs. Avalanche odds, prediction: 2022 Stanley Cup Final picks, Game 2 bets from expert on 135-71 run

Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning play in Game 2 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final on Saturday at Ball Arena in Denver. Caesars Sportsbook lists Colorado as the -150 favorite. Tampa is a +130 underdog. The over-under for total goals is set at six. Expert Steve Severance is SportsLine's top NHL handicapper. He's returned well over $2,800 for $100 players on his NHL picks.

Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning are playing each other in the NHL playoffs. Lightning is 19-1 the last three seasons after a loss in this postseason. Colorado ranks second in NHL on the power play (31.3%) in these playoffs and is +170 on puck line.

Colorado and Tampa Bay are playing in the Stanley Cup Final in 2022. Lightning are 19-1 the last three seasons after a loss in a postseason. Colorado ranks second in NHL on the power play (31.3%) in this playoffs.

Colorado is a perfect 3-0 against Tampa Bay this season. The Avalanche won the first game 4-3 in a shootout in October. In the last regular season meeting, Colorado won 3 to 2 in Denver.

Tampa Bay has a good team with a solid goalie in Vasilevskiy and a playmaker in Nikita Kucherov. The 28-year-old winger is tied for third among all NHL players this postseason in points (24).

Severance has analyzed Lightning vs. Avalanche from every angle and is leaning over on the total. He also found a critical x-factor that has him jumping all over one side of the money line.