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Series Thread: 2015 Stanley Cup Final - Lightning vs. Blackhawks

Who Will Win The Stanley Cup?

  • Tampa Bay Lightning

    Votes: 9 42.9%
  • Chicago Blackhawks

    Votes: 12 57.1%

  • Total voters
    21
  • Poll closed .

Cobiemonster

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Wednesday June 3 – Blackhawks at Lightning (Amalie Arena) – 8:00 p.m. on NBC
Saturday June 6 – Blackhawks at Lightning (Amalie Arena) – 7:15 p.m. on NBC
Monday June 8 – Lightning at Blackhawks (United Center) – 8:00 p.m. on NBCSN
Wednesday June 10 – Lightning at Blackhawks (United Center) – 8:00 p.m. on NBCSN
*Saturday June 13 – Blackhawks at Lightning (Amalie Arena) – 8:00 p.m. on NBC
*Monday June 15 – Lightning at Blackhawks (United Center) – 8:00 p.m. on NBC
*Wednesday June 17 – Blackhawks at Lightning (Amalie Arena) – 8:00 p.m. on NBC
* if necessary


Tale Of The Tape(via heavy.com):

Tampa Bay Lightning:

Regular Season Record: 50-24-8 (108 points, 3rd in the East)

Home/Away Records: Home – 32-8-1 ; Road – 18-16-7

Regular Season Goals For/Goals Against: GF 262 ; GA 211

Road to the Stanley Cup Final: 4-3 over Detroit; 4-2 over Montreal; 4-3 over New York Rangers

Playoff Leading Scorers: Tyler Johnson (21 points), Johnson (12 goals), Nikita Kucherov (10 assists), Ben Bishop (2.15 goals against)

Goalkeeper Ben Bishop is allowing just 2.15 goals per contest in the playoffs, slightly better than his 2.32 through the regular season.

Behind regular-season team leading scorer Steven Stamkos, Johnson and Kucherov, the Lightning led the NHL with 3.16 goals per game, though that has dipped to 2.75 in the postseason.

Tampa Bay also leads all teams with 16 power play goals in the playoffs.

Chicago Blackhawks:

Regular Season Record: 48-28-6 (102 points, 4th in the West)

Home/Away Records: Home – 24-12-5 ; Road – 24-16-1

Regular Season Goals For/Goals Against: GF 229 ; GA 189

Road to the Stanley Cup Final: 4-2 over Nashville; 4-0 over Minnesota; 4-3 over Anaheim

Playoff Leading Scorers: Patrick Kane (20 points), Kane (10 goals), Duncan Keith (16 assists), Scott Darling (2.22 goals against), Corey Crawford (2.62 goals against)

Goalie Corey Crawford hadn’t been spectacular, but he was in Saturday’s series clincher, stopping 35 shots.

Besides, Chicago had been scoring 3.19 goals per game in the postseason anyway.

RW Patrick Kane (20), C Jonathan Toews (18) and D Duncan Keith (18) have combined for 56 points in the playoffs. Kane’s 10 playoff goals are second-most behind Tampa’s Tyler Johnson and Keith’s 16 assists are second to Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf (17).​
 

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Congratulations to both teams just for making it here. I didn't think there was any way in hell Chicago or T-Bay was going to get passed their opponents in the last round.
 

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Picked Tampa too win it all in my NHL com bracket, so even though I can't win anything after Chicago beat Anaheim last night I will be pulling big time for the Bolts!
 

KennyBanyeah

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Should be a great series, style-wise.

Two great skating teams with loads of skill.
 

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I need TB to win since I laid some SportsHoopla cash at 12-1 odds.
 

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rooting for bolts, but the hawks will probably win this in 6. :mad2:
 

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I'm rooting for the Bolts as I have a desire to see DerringerEagle/BlueandWhiteForever/BlueWolfZero/HeavenCanWait/ head explode Scanners style...
 

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Your zebras for the final:

The NHLOA would like to congratulate the officials selected to work the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals.

REFEREES

Wes McCauley, Dan O'Halloran, Kevin Pollock, Kelly Sutherland.

LINESMEN

Derek Amell, Shane Heyer, Brian Murphy, Pierre Racicot.
 

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I'm rooting for the Bolts as I have a desire to see DerringerEagle/BlueandWhiteForever/BlueWolfZero/HeavenCanWait/ head explode Scanners style...

Don't forget Gunsandbeer!
 

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Hawks coming off three tough series should see some time and space again and hopefully remember what to do with it.
Just hoping its a fast series skating wise with a lot of back and forth chances.
 

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Kind of nonplussed about this SCF, but I guess I'll root for the Bolts.

... Though it's probably going to be Chicago winning. Ugh.
 

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Was it '94 or '93 where you could make Gretzky's head bleed?

I believe that was 93, and it technically wasn't NHL, they just had the city names since the league didn't endorse it, only the players association.

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Was it '94 or '93 where you could make Gretzky's head bleed?

In the new director's cut of that movie Vaughn says if Gretzky was carrying a gun the head bleeding would have never happened.
 

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GAME DAY

gonna have to go with the Hawks cause my cousin like 'em and I admire Duncan Keith/Patty Kane
 
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