We’re past the point of this 2018-19 NHL year, and chances are on which groups will collide in the Stanley Cup final, outside. In accordance with sportsbooks, Calgary Flames and the Tampa Bay Lightning are the favorites to match in the tournament in June.
In 5Dimes, a Lightning-Flames Cup matchup is your front-runner at +1210, with Lightning-Winnipeg Jets (+1380), Lightning-Nashville Predators (+1410), Lightning-Vegas Golden Knights (+1515) and Lightning-San Jose Sharks (+1965) up on the oddsboard.
Plenty of surprises so far this year As of February 7, the Lightning (81 points), Toronto Maple Leafs (69) and New York Islanders (66) were topping the standings from the East, although the Flames (73), Jets (71) and Sharks (69) reigned supreme from the West.
The Flames were anticipated to be an improved team but no one saw them leading the Conference entering 2019. Calgary boasts the second-most targets in the league with 197, trailing only the Lightning (207 goals). The Philadelphia Flyers were only a few points from a playoff spot as of this writing and have been an afterthought for the majority of the campaign but also have rattled off eight straight wins.
Parity is king in the NHL, as the 2018 Stanley Cup final between the expansion the perennially underachieving Washington Capitals was one that virtually nobody could have predicted at the beginning of the effort and Golden Knights. If we’ll see another matchup that is long-shot following June it remains to be seen.
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