Lightning vs Avalanche Game 1 Betting Odds
When: June 15, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Venue: Ball Arena – Denver, CO
Lightning vs Avalanche Game 1 Betting Preview
The Stanley Cup Finals begin Wednesday night when the Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Colorado Avalanche in game one. Tampa Bay is going for an unprecedented third straight championship, while the Avs are looking to win their first Cup since 2000-2001. This game will air live on ABC.
After 17 games, Nikita Kucherov leads Tampa with 16 assists and 23 points. Steven Stamkos has a team high nine home runs this postseason. The Lightning score 3.06 goals per game and are allowing just 2.41.
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Through 14 games, Cale Makar leads the Avs with 17 assists and 22 points. Nathan MacKinnon has a team high 11 goals these playoffs. Colorado is scoring 4.64 goals per game and are allowing just 2.86.
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Lightning vs Avalanche Game 1 Betting Trends
Lightning
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 5 games.
- Tampa Bay are 10-2 SU in their last 12 games.
- Tampa Bay are 6-3 SU in their last 9 games against Colorado.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games on the road.
- Tampa Bay are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Colorado.
- Tampa Bay are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games against an opponent in the Western Conference.
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games against an opponent in the Central Division
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Avalanche
- Colorado are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado’s last 5 games against Tampa Bay.
- Colorado are 12-4 SU in their last 16 games at home.
- Colorado are 1-5 SU in their last 6 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay.
- The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado’s last 10 games played in June.
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of Colorado’s last 6 games played on a Wednesday when at home.
Lightning vs Avalanche Game 1 Pick & Prediction
Last time out, the Lightning advanced to the Stanley Cup with a 2-1 win over New York. The Lightning went up 1-0 in the second period, but the Rangers tied it up late in the third. Steven Stamkos, who scored the first goal of the night, scored the series winner just 21 seconds after the Rangers tied the game up. Tampa won the final four games of this series after losing the first two games in New York.
Colorado advanced to the Stanley Cup with a sweep over Edmonton. The Avs finished off the sweep with a come from behind 6-5 overtime win. Edmonton went up 3-1 heading into the third period, and led 4-2early in the third, but the Avs kept fighting and eventually got the series winning goal by Artturi Lehkonen just 1:19 into overtime. Colorado scored at least four goals in all four games of this Western Conference Finals series.
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