Jose Ramon Exposito recommends a forecast for the NHL.
Start of the grand final with the prestigious Stanley Cup at stake as a prize for the winner, in a sensational 7-game series that will be played by Tampa Bay Lightning vs Colorado Avalanche.
Undoubtedly the two best teams in the competition will contest the championship, the Lightning will look for the three-time champion and thus revalidate the title achieved in both 2020 and 2021, while Avalanche returns to a final after a long absence since 2001.
Two very important player registrations are up in the air for both teams, the return of the two starting centers Brayden Point by the Lightning is expected, as well as Nazem Kadri by the Avalanche team, which would be really good for the show to be able to have the two complete teams with all their stars at their disposal.
Colorado has been able to win each of its first meetings of each Playoff series, scoring 18 goals in that span and differential of + 8, so I see a clear advantage for the locals in this opening match of the final, we must take into account the path of the Lightning that was very complicated except for the series against the Panthers, they will play 7 games against Maple Leafs and won in 6 games the series to the Rangers, in each of those qualifiers they lost the first meeting by a wide margin of 5 and 4 goals respectively as a visitor, which clearly it shows a performance that comes from less to more and is greatly affected when starting away from home.
Artturi Lehkonen will play as our scoring card since he has been able to score on the board 11 times out of 14 games played, I also highlight the significant increase in his participation in the Power Plays, where he went from just a few seconds in 6 consecutive meetings, to be averaging 3.10 minutes of time on the ice in the last 3 meetings played against the Edmonton Oilers.
