The Tampa Bay Lightning will take on the Colorado Avalanche in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals in the Ball Arena on June 15.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning will take on the Colorado Avalanche in their bid to win the NHL Stanley Cup for a third consecutive season. If Tampa wins, they would become the first team to win the title three times in a row since the New York Islanders won it for four seasons from 1980 to 1983. As for the Colorado Avalanche, they last won the Cup in 2001.
The Lightning defeated the New York Rangers in six games in the Eastern Conference Finals to advance to the finals. The Avalanche completed a sweep of the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Final on June 6.
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During the regular season, Colorado beat the Lightning in two games when Gabriel Landeskog had three points in two games and forward Nathan MacKinnon had three points in one game. Goalie Darcy Kuemper was 2-0 with a 2.40 goals-against average and .929 save percentage. For the Lightning, Brayden Point top-scored with three points in two games against the Avalanche. Forwards Steven Stamkos and Ondrej Palat each had two points. Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy was 0-1-1 with a 2.96 GAA and .919 save percentage in two starts.
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Gabriel Landeskog – Nathan MacKinnon – Artturi Lehkonen
Valeri Nichushkin – Nazem Kadri – Mikko Rantanen
Andre Burakovsky – J.T. Compher – Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Andrew Cogliano – Darren Helm – Logan O’Connor
Devon Toews – Cale Makar
Jack Johnson – Josh Manson
Bowen Byram – Erik Johnson
Darcy Kuemper
Pavel Francouz
Ondrej Palat – Steven Stamkos – Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Alex Killorn
Ross Colton – Nicholas Paul – Corey Perry
Pat Maroon – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – Riley Nash
Victor Hedman – Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev – Zach Bogosian
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Colorado Avalanche: Samuel Girard (sternum)
Tampa Bay Lightning: Brayden Point (lower body)
Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning will take place at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday, June 15 at 8 p.m. ET.
The Stanley Cup Final will air on ABC in the United States. Viewers in Canada can watch the game in English on Sportsnet and CBC, or in French on TVA Sports. Fans can live stream the game with ESPN+, the ESPN app or with fuboTV. Canadian viewers can stream Sportsnet on SN NOW.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | ABC, ESPN+, fuboTV | June 15 (8 PM ET) |
| Canada | Sportsnet, CBC, TVA Sports | June 15 (8 PM ET) |
