Its Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals and our Power system selection is on the Tampa Bay Lightning. Game 2 at 8:05 eastern on NBC. Tampa has the home ice advantage and as we can see below. Game 1 home teams in the Cup round have won 72% of the time. Both teams come off game 7 road wins and Tampa has the advantage in this one. They have won the only other time this year when playing at home and having lost their last 2 home games. they have an extra day of rest and are 7-3 with 3+ days of rest. The Blackhawks are 1-6 in the series and lost 4-0 here in Late February. Look for Tampa to break out on top.



HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Playing Game 1 @ H:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team playing Game 1 @ H (Tampa Bay) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2015 NBA and NHL Semifinals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 856-425 (.668)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 165-84 (.663)
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 407-228 (.641)
series record, NHL only, Finals round: 55-20 (.733)
Game 1 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 853-428 (.666)
Game 1 record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 168-81 (.675)
Game 1 record, NHL only, all rounds: 409-226 (.644)
Game 1 record, NHL only, Finals round: 54-21 (.720)