Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals Betting Guide: West overs, East unders key?

The Western Conference Final starts Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. ET. The Eastern Conference Finals begins Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. Home teams have won 61% of games and the listed moneyline favourite 67%. Road teams are 11% better than the chalk. The over hits 57% in 57 per cent of the games over the past month. There are up to 14 games to bet on during the conference finals. It's still possible to capitalize on the futures market prior to the start of each series.

The Avalanche are the favourites to win the Stanley Cup. Tampa Bay, Edmonton, New York and Rangers are also favourites. The Oilers and the Rangers had +1800 Stanley Cups odds at the beginning of the playoffs. New Yorkers have reached the conference finals four times in the past decade.

Colorado's top performers are leading the race for the Conn Smythe Trophy. Evgeni Malkin in 2009 was the last player to win it. The winner has been on the Cup-winning team every year since 2003. Victor Hedman won it in 2020. Andrei Vasilevskiy's Conn SMYthe odds fell from +1800 at the start of Round 2 to +500 entering the Eastern Conference Final.

Oddsmakers predict the Avalanche and Lightning will meet for the Stanley Cup. Tampa's road to the championship is slightly more difficult than Colorado's.

Colombian Avalanche (-260) and Edmonton Oilers (-215) are betting on the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Two of the three regular-season meetings between these teams were low-scoring contests that required extra time. Four of Edmonton’s five games against Calgary went over. Colorado overs went 3-3 against St. Louis.

Colorado and Edmonton are betting against each other in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The best odds are for the Avalanche to win in five games.

Tampa Bay Lighting are (-180) vs. New York Rangers (+160).

The series could come down to which Russian goalie performs better. Vasilevskiy has earned the reputation as the NHL’s most clutch goalie. Igor Shesterkin has been the most consistent between the pipes all throughout 2021-22.

The series is a draw. Lightning are -1.5 at the money line. Rangers are +1,5.

Lightning are the favorite to win the Stanley Cup.