Avalanche vs Lightning Preview: Avs Looking for Road Success
2021 Stanley Cup Final Rematch on Thursday Night
Avalanche at Lightning NHL Betting Preview
The National Hockey League is packed with action on Thursday night, with one of the contests going down in the Sunshine State, as the Tampa Bay Lightning prepare for battle against the Colorado Avalanche. Let’s take a look and breakdown some key factors for this cross-conference showdown between the Avalanche at Lightning NHL Betting Preview matchup for Thursday night in Tampa.
Avalanche vs Lightning 
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Records: Avalanche (33-17-4, 70 points)/Lightning (29-20-5, 63 points)
Location: Amalie Arena, Tampa Bay, Florida.
Streaming: ESPN+
Avs Melting on the Road?
The Colorado Avalanche finally found a pair of points away from the Mile High City on Tuesday night, when they picked up a 6-3 win over the Washington Capitals. Forward Artturi Lehkonen had a big night with two goals and two assists, with goals and assists coming from Ross Colton, Miles Wood and Mikko Rantanen.
Earning the victory in net was Alexandar Georgiev, who made 24 saves on 27 shots faced for his 28th win in his league-leading 44th start of the season. The Avs snapped a four-game losing streak with that win and will now look to continue the run against the Tampa Bay Lightning, who they beat in six games back in 2021 to win the Stanley Cup.
While this NHL team hopes to get back to that same goal this June, they have a lot of work to do, and part of that will be figuring out how to win more often as the visiting club.
Big Bolt of Energy
The Tampa Bay Lightning have been heating up at the right time in the Atlantic Division, winning ten of their last 13 games. Their most recent victory, a 3-2 shootout victory over big division rival Boston on the road Tuesday night gave the club back-to-back wins away from Tampa for the first time this NHL season.
Now with a four-game set at Amalie Arena starting on Thursday against the Colorado Avalanche, the Bolts will have a good chance to keep the flash going against a club in the Avs, who have struggled winning games on the road. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy is back in his world class form, making 36 saves on 38 shots faced in Tuesday’s win, his 18th of the season.
Forward Nikita Kucherov scored his 34th goal of the year. He now leads the National Hockey League in points, reaching the 90-point plateau for the fourth time in his ten-season career. In each of the previous three seasons, he would go over the century mark of 100 points, including 113 just last season.
Avalanche at Lightning Betting Odds
Sportsbooks have the visiting Colorado Avalanche NHL Odds to win as short favorites against the hosting Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night priced in the pick’em range around -105 to -115.
Colorado has lost four of their last five games overall and five of their last eight NHL games on the road. Tampa Bay has won ten of their last thirteen games overall, including seven straight at home.
Concluding the Avalanche at Lightning NHL Betting Preview: The total for this contest is set at 6 goals shaded to the Over between the pick’em price range of -110 and -115.
The Lightning have gone Under the total in four of their last five games, and has cashed in five of the last six head-to-head meetings. Colorado has been on an Over run in 13 of their last 17 contests, including 9-2 in their last eleven road games.
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