- The Lightning travel back to Denver to take on the Avalanche in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
- From a total play to two player props, Nick Martin has picked out three of his top bets for Friday's potential series clincher.
- Check out all three of Martin's bets for Lightning vs. Avalanche below.
NHL betting analyst Nicholas Martin has found three plays ahead of Friday's pivotal Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Colorado Avalanche.
From a total to two player props, Martin has you covered for Game 5 below.
Colorado has played at a pace nobody in the league can match all season, and the result has been a ridiculous amount of shots on goal.
In Game 4, we saw the Avalanche take some time to fully settle in, but by the time overtime came around, it was a full-blown onslaught. With the Cup in the building Friday, I expect Colorado to come out firing.
Colorado managed 34.6 shots on goal in the two series-opening contests in Denver, but that average came with Game 2 being an early blowout. Essentially, Colorado didn’t need to press for more offense.
I think Tampa Bay will hang around in this one and make it a game, but it’s hard to see Colorado not generating a ton of attempts on goal and sticking to its high-tempo style of play.