This NHL season has given us a lot of bright meetings, but the most interesting ones are still ahead. It's time for the Stanley Cup Finals, Colorado vs. Tampa Bay. The second meeting of these teams will take place on June 19 at 03:00 Moscow time. Our portal offers you its forecast for the outcome of this meeting.
Colorado Avalanche
With the return of the main clip of players, the Avalanches began to regain their confidence and climb up the standings, eventually taking first place in the Western conference. The Avalanches approached the playoff games in the optimal composition and tore up Nashville, and then St. Louis passed in six games, showing excellent implementation. The Avalanches also went through the series with the Oilers successfully, winning all four matches, showing bright attacking hockey, which also gave victory in the first meeting of the finals.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Many important players lost the Lightning in the offseason, which significantly weakened the depth of the squad, and undermined reliability and safety margin. Nevertheless, the team had enough strength to take third place in the division and reach the playoffs. Here, the teams showed confident hockey all the way and passed the strong ones, Toronto, Florida and Rangers, thanks to an experienced attack and a good game in the frame of Vasilevsky, but this may not be enough to win the tournament, which we already saw in the first game.
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Injuries:
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Colorado - Girard (Chest injury), Kadri (finger injury).
Tampa Bay - Seabrook (shoulder injury), Point (leg injury).
Statistics and figures
- The last match between these teams ended with a 4-3 victory for Colorado.
- Tampa Bay has lost just once in its last five meetings.
- Colorado has a good streak of six consecutive wins.
Forecast
Colorado looks like a small favorite in this confrontation, which will have the advantage of its own platform and approaches the meeting in the optimal composition, which can create big problems for the guests. I think the Avalanches will win here again.