T.M. Selection: Tampa Bay Lightning.

I like the Tampa Bay Lightning to win this game against the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday. The Lightning aren't dead yet after being down 3-1 in the series due to a home loss, they have pulled off a road win to make this series 3-2 and now they have some momentum on their side for this game. They will be on home ice here and I expect them to bring their best effort here since their season is still on the line and I think they can tie this up here. They are the B2B defending Stanley Cup champions and they have already shown their resilience in this postseason with some comeback wins in earlier series. I think they can do it again here to force a game 7 in Colorado and a big reason for their success lately is due to Vasilevskiy looking like his old self again. He gave up some soft goals in their most recent game but they still got the win and he hasn't given up a lot of goals in their games since that bad loss in game 2. He has looked a lot better than Kuemper has looked in net and I think that is going to be the difference in this game since Vasilevskiy plays a lot better on home ice. The Avalanche have been getting their scoring chances but they aren't getting a lot of good shots on net and I expect them to continue with their struggles scoring in this series. I like the Lightning to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 3-1 Lightning.