Sep 29, 2020
Morning Coffee: Lightning lift the Stanley Cup
Tampa Bay is the first preseason Stanley Cup favourite to win it all since the 2014-15 Chicago Blackhawks. The Lightning were listed at +675 odds to win the Cup at the start of the year. Here is the Morning Coffee for Tuesday Sept. 29, 2020.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are Stanley Cup champions.
Tampa Bay is the first preseason Stanley Cup favourite to win it all since the 2014-15 Chicago Blackhawks. The Lightning were listed at +675 odds to win the Cup at the start of the year.
Here is the Morning Coffee for Tuesday Sept. 29, 2020.
Lightning Lift The Cup
Brayden Point scored a power-play goal in the first period and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves as Tampa Bay clinched with a 2-0 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final on Tuesday night.
Vasilevskiy, who started every game for the Lightning in these playoffs, set an NHL record for minutes played by a goalie in the postseason.
Andrei Vasilevskiy of the @TBLightning is the second goalie in NHL history to have his first career playoff shutout come in the Stanley Cup clincher.
— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) September 29, 2020
The other was Pittsburgh's Tom Barrasso in 1991.#GoBolts
Victor Hedman, who assisted on Point’s first-period goal, was awarded the Conn Smythe trophy as playoff MVP. He became the 10th different defenceman to win the award.
Point set a franchise record for goals in a postseason with 14, finishing with a resume that could have very well made him worthy of MVP recognition.
One of the bigger heroes of the @TBLightning 2020 #StanleyCup win, Brayden Point put forth a Conn Smythe-worthy year in his own right. Finishing with a franchise record for goals in a single postseason (14), he also winds up behind only 6 names on this legendary list of centremen pic.twitter.com/tORM8qkmVL
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) September 29, 2020
Here is our first look at the 2020-21 Stanley Cup odds:
Avalanche +650
Lightning +700
Golden Knights +700
Bruins +1200
Maple Leafs +1500
Capitals +1600
Flyers +1600
Penguins +1800
Stars +2000
Blues +2000
Canucks +2000
Oilers +2000
Rangers +2000
Hurricanes +2500
Islanders +2500
Flames +3000
Predators +3000
Jets +3500
Coyotes +4000
Blue Jackets +5000
Panthers +5000
Wild +5000
Devils +5000
Canadiens +6000
Sharks +6000
Ducks +8000
Sabres +8000
Blackhawks +8000
Kings +8000
Senators +10000
Red Wings +20000
Nathan Mackinnon and the Colorado Avalanche open as the Stanley Cup favourite at +650. Tampa Bay is +700 to repeat.
Meanwhile, the Maple Leafs are the favourite among the Canadian teams at +1500, followed by the Canucks and the Oilers at +2000.
The Detroit Red Wings open as the biggest Stanley Cup long shot at +20000.
Prime Time Patrick
Patrick Mahomes threw for 385 yards and finished with five touchdowns as the Kansas City Chiefs rolled to a 34-20 win over the Baltimore Ravens.
The Chiefs gave up a kick return touchdown, turned the ball over on a fumble, missed a field goal and missed an extra point, but they still beat the Ravens by 14 points and covered easily as a 3.5-point underdog.
Mahomes improved to 6-0-1 in his NFL career when listed as a betting underdog.
The win is even more important under the new NFL playoff structure, which features only one bye per conference that is awarded to the No. 1 overall seed.
Four of the last seven Super Bowls have featured a matchup of both No. 1 seeds.
The home team has won 12 of the last 14 conference championship games
A first-round bye and home-field advantage would provide a major boost to Kansas City’s chances to repeat as Super Bowl champions.
The Chiefs opened as a 6.5-point favourite for a home game against the New England Patriots in Week 4.
Meanwhile, the Ravens will travel to face the Washington Football Team as 13.5-point favourites – the lone double-digit spread on the board for Week 4.
Playoff Baseball
Matt Shoemaker will get the start for the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of their best-of-three Wild Card Series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.
At +2500, the Blue Jays have the fourth-longest odds to win it all of the 16 playoff teams.
Here is a look at the updated World Series odds heading into the postseason:
Dodgers +300
Yankees +700
White Sox +800
Padres +850
Athletics +900
Rays +1000
Twins +1000
Cubs +1600
Braves +2000
Reds +2000
Indians +2200
Marlins +2200
Blue Jays +2500
Astros +3500
Cardinals +3500
Brewers +4000
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