The Tampa Bay Lightning will look to survive against the Colorado Avalanche in game five of the Stanley Cup Finals. Tampa Bay lost game four 3-2 in overtime. Andrei Vasilevski had another good game, stopping 34 out of 37 shots, but it wasn't enough. Nazem Kadri scored the overtime winner. Darcy Kuemper bounced back from a terrible game three and stopped 37 out of 39 shots in Game 4. The Avalanche are 8-1 in their last nine games and 4-1 in their last five games at home. The Lightning are 1-5 in their last six games against Colorado and 1-4 in their last five games on the road. Valilevski will need to be on top of his game for them to avoid elimination. Even with that, I am not sure it will be enough. Colorado is just better on the offensive end and outside of game 3, Kuemper has been holding their own.

Play on Colorado minus 1.5 goals. This is a 7* play.