Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Colorado Avalanche had no scarcity of leisure, establishing what needs to be a wild set of video games forward.

After a red-hot begin from the Avs, the two-time defending champions closed the hole and compelled time beyond regulation earlier than Colorado lastly put them away.

As we sit up for Game 2 tonight, there’s loads of info to sift by means of from the primary recreation to advise our betting technique. Let’s check out the percentages for Game 2 and at a number of the finest bets to make.

Stanley Cup Final Game 2 odds, picks (8:00 PM ET, ESPN)

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Tampa Bay Lightning moneyline (+135)

Tampa bought punched within the mouth early in Game 1. Perhaps it was the altitude, however Colorado got here out with extra velocity and vitality, and the house crowd exploded as they scored the primary two targets of the sport, and three within the first interval.

This is what groups with a championship mentality do, although – they climate the storms. After giving up three targets within the first stanza, Tampa Bay got here all the way in which again to tie it with out permitting one other objective till time beyond regulation. 

Andrei Vasilevskiy is able to being a distinction maker between the pipes, and I don’t anticipate him getting off to a sluggish begin like he did in Game 1. Tampa Bay is 4-1 straight up following a loss on this 12 months’s playoffs. They aren’t going to permit this sequence to get away from them.

Nikita Kucherov first objective scorer (+1200)

Nikita Kucherov has taken 61 pictures in 18 playoff video games this 12 months. As of late, he has been wanting extra aggressive, and has introduced loads of stress to opposing defenses. Kucherov leads each groups remaining in these playoffs with 24 factors. 

Kucherov can be a key contributor on the ability play. He has 5 energy play targets on this 12 months’s playoffs. Similarly to my reasoning above, I imagine that Kucherov and the Lightning are going to need to assault early and sometimes to verify this sequence doesn’t get away from them. At these lengthy of odds, he’s properly price a search for first objective scorer.

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1st interval whole OVER 2.5 (+225)

There have been 4 targets scored within the first interval of Game 1. This sequence goes to have loads of offense, which is not any shock contemplating the Lightning and the Avalanche have been each within the top-seven in whole targets scored through the common season. As the 12 months flipped to the playoffs, the Avalanche have scored essentially the most of any group in these playoffs, with the Lightning sitting at fourth.

With loads of huge identify offensive gamers and an attacking mindset on each side, offense needs to be anticipated to return in bunches. +225 odds for a complete of three targets scored within the first interval is a guess price making.