It's time for the decisive games of the Stanley Cup finals, Colorado vs. Tampa Bay. The fourth meeting of these teams will take place on June 23 at 03:00 Moscow time. Our portal offers you its forecast for the outcome of this meeting.
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, but in the final series, the Lightning can't find their game and have already lost twice on the road, but they still managed to win at home.
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 passed the series with the Oilers successfully, winning all four matches, continuing their success against Tampa Bay, where they lost only in the last match after two wins at the start.
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Injuries:
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Colorado - Girard (Chest injury), Burakowski (finger injury).
Tampa Bay - Seabrook (shoulder injury), Point (leg injury).
Statistics and figures
- The last match between these teams ended with the victory of Tampa Bay with a score of 6:2.
- Colorado has lost just once in its last five meetings.
- Tampa Bay has a good streak of eight consecutive wins at home.
Forecast
Tampa Bay looks like a small favorite in this confrontation, which will have the advantage of its own platform and after two starting defeats will be obliged to play only to win, which we have already seen in the last match. I think the Lightning will win here again.
