T.M. Selection: Tampa Bay Lightning.

I like the Tampa Bay Lightning to win this game against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday. The Lightning blew out the Avalanche in the 3rd game 6-2 and now that they have a win under their belt, I expect them to come with another great effort here and tie up this series. They looked a lot better than the Avs in that game and Vasilevskiy was back to his old self making some really good saves in that game. I expect Vasilevskiy to play like that again and shut the door on the Avs here with some more great saves in this game. Kuemper was also a big liability for the Avs in that game. He looked terrible giving up a ton of goals and the goals he gave up were not even on great shots either which makes his performance look even worse and I think his confidence will be a bit shaken in this game. The Lightning have shown they can score goals in this series now and I expect them to continue with the goaltending issues for the Avs. I also think the Lightning have the better goaltending here in general and I expect Vasilevskiy to steal this game if the Lightning offense gets stunted for some reason. The Lightning are still the defending champions and they look very hungry for a 3rd cup in a row now. I expect them to give a great effort on home ice here and win this game to even up the series. I like the Lightning to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 4-1 Lightning.