Stanley Cup Finals

No team has been to three Stanley Cup Finals in a row since the Edmonton Oilers in the mid-1980s, and the Islanders were the last team to win three ...

The Rangers will have all summer to heal their injuries and think about how they blew a two-game lead against the defending Stanley Cup champions. To get there a second time the next year was like a dream, like there’s no way we’re going back. They finished off the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference finals nearly a week ago. Stamkos, coming out of the penalty box, raced toward the net, took a pass from Kucherov and shot the puck. Then the Rangers broadsided them in the first two games of the series in New York. The young Rangers, in the playoffs for the first time in five seasons, failed to score at even strength in the last four games of the series. Tampa blocked all of the Rangers’ shots. Tampa Bay overcame a two-game deficit and won the last four games of the series, outscoring the Rangers, 12-5. But the Lightning showed why and how they keep winning championships. Now 32, the center from suburban Toronto has played his entire 14-year career in Tampa and helped build an also-ran into a perennial contender. They play in Tampa, a Florida tourist destination where a star named Tom Brady, quarterback for the Buccaneers, grabs most of the sporting headlines. The Tampa Bay Lightning, though, are close to accomplishing something even more difficult: Winning three Stanley Cups in a row.

Fox NFL reporter Erin Andrews is stoked to see the Tampa Bay Lightning back in the Stanley Cup Final.

The Avalanche have only lost two playoff games coming into this series. They lost the first two games and were then down 2-0 in Game 3 before flipping a switch. The Lightning eliminated the New York Rangers on Saturday night in six games and will now play the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Final.

The Lightning are in their third straight Stanley Cup Final. Tampa Bay won in five games in 2021, defeating the Canadiens. The Lightning were very much expected ...

The Habs were a surprise team in the Cup, widely due to the Pandemic. The Lightning are in their third straight Stanley Cup Final. Tampa Bay won in five games in 2021, defeating the Canadiens. The Lightning were very much expected to be there after winning in 2020 as well. With the two teams set, we’re going to go over who was in the Cup Final last season.

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 2-1 on Saturday night to win the Eastern Conference Finals in six games. With the win, their third ...

They’re averaging over 4.5 goals per game and as Tampa Bay captain Steven Stamkos said after beating the Rangers, “Colorado? Probably the best team in the league.” Then they swept their in-state rivals, the Florida Panthers, before going down 2-0 to the Rangers, and former UW defenseman K’Andre Miller, in the Eastern Conference Finals. Returning home for Game 3, Ondrej Palat scored with 42 seconds left to give Tampa their first win of the series and that kick-started the team to rattle off four straight and reach the Stanley Cup. They were down 3-2 in their first round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs before winning Games 6 (in overtime) and 7. The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 2-1 on Saturday night to win the Eastern Conference Finals in six games. The stout defenseman is second on the team in minutes played behind Victor Hedman, averaging 22:15 of ice time per game. While I’m sure it’s a bummer for Elliott not to play...Vasilevskiy between the pipes gives Tampa the best chance of winning so one would assume he’s ok with it.

They are back in the Final for the third straight season. That's pretty good.

We’re unlikely to see anything like this again. Celebrate this win, folks. Game Seven* - at Colorado Avalanche Tuesday June 28th 8:00 PM EST Game Four - vs Colorado Avalanche Wednesday June 22nd 8:00 PM EST They are dealing with injuries so the rest is good for them, but as we saw with the Lightning in the early games of their last series, a little rust can affect a team that relies on skill. With their victory over the New York Rangers in Game Six the Tampa Bay Lightning are advancing to the Stanley Cup Final for the third consecutive season.

Ahead of the series vs. the Colorado Avalanche, it's time to release our Tampa Bay Lightning Stanley Cup Final predictions.

Both played pivotal roles in each of the Lightning’s run to the Stanley Cup over the past two seasons. When Point does eventually return to the ice, we’re expecting him to play with a chip on his shoulder and look to make up for lost time. With all that in mind, here are our bold Lightning predictions for the Stanley Cup Final against the Colorado Avalanche. He’ll be hoping to have a similar impact against the likes of Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin, Gabriel Landeskog, and the rest of the Avs’ elite attack. A large part of their success in the defensive third was the play of Anthony Cirelli, who has been essential as a defensive-minded forward, helping mitigate the impact of some star offensive players. While the Avalanche have largely been considered title favorites throughout their dominant postseason run, the Lightning will have Stanley Cup Final experience most other teams would only dream of boasting.

Even though the Oilers were swept by the Colorado Avalanche, it was still their most successful season in more than a decade. Even though McDavid and Draisaitl ...

Maroon is looking to win his fourth straight Stanley Cup after winning one with St. Louis in 2019 and then each of the past two with the Lightning. Including this postseason, Maroon has now been a part of 15 consecutive postseason series wins. No defenseman with a minimum of 10 postseason games played has averaged that high of a mark since the start of the 1990 postseason. That is a 1.57 points per game average. That has carried over to the playoffs. Even though McDavid and Draisaitl are going to play in just 16 games this postseason there is still a very real possibility they are going to finish the playoffs as the top two scorers. This year it ended up being the Western Conference Finals. Even though the Oilers were swept by the Colorado Avalanche, it was still their most successful season in more than a decade.

The Stanley Cup Final is here! Check out the series and game odds for the big showdown between Tampa Bay and Colorado.

National Hockey League National Hockey League National Hockey League Just download the Super 6 app and make your picks today! But goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy gives the edge to the Lightning, Hemke said. Point scored the Cup-clinching goal during the 2020 playoffs.

The Stanley Cup Final best-of-7 series starts Wednesday.Today, NHL.com previews the Stanley Cup Final between the Colorado Avalanche and the Tampa Bay ...

He saved his best for Game 4 of the conference final, when he had five points (one goal, four assists) to help eliminate the Oilers. He was the first defenseman in NHL history to have five points in a series-clinching game. The defenseman plays with the savvy of a top-end forward and he leads Colorado with 22 points (five goals, 17 assists) in 14 playoff games. Colorado obviously faced some firepower against Edmonton in forwards Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Evander Kane. The Avalanche will have to deal with it again with the Lightning with Kucherov, Victor Hedman, Palat and Stamkos, among others. So, a huge challenge for us, but we'll put a game plan here together in the next couple days and, just as we do every series, try to execute it as best we can and give ourselves a chance." In closing out their series against New York, the Lightning held the Rangers to one goal in each of the last three games. Avalanche: 31.1. Power-play percentage for Colorado, which is 14-for-45 and has scored with the man-advantage in nine of its 14 postseason games. Avalanche: Kuemper missed the final three games of the conference final after sustaining an upper-body injury in Game 1 against the Oilers. He would be available Wednesday, but will Colorado go with Kuemper or Pavel Francouz, who started and won Games 2, 3 and 4 against Edmonton? Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said he and his staff will discuss the options. He's 61-34 with a 2.24 GAA, .925 save percentage and seven shutouts in 98 career playoff games (93 starts). He's nine points away from the career-high 34 points (seven goals, 27 assists) he had in 25 playoff games in 2020. "Coaches do a good job of making sure we're working, getting the work in and it is good to get a little bit of a rest, but we've been through this already in these playoffs where we've had time to get ready for a series," Avalanche forward J.T. Compher said. The Lightning would be the first team to win three times in a row since the New York Islanders won the Cup four straight seasons from 1980-83. Avalanche: MacKinnon has 18 points and leads Colorado with 11 goals in 14 playoff games.