The puck will drop on the Stanley Cup Final Wednesday night as the Chicago Blackhawks visit the Tampa Bay Lightning for Game 1 of the season finale. The predictions and projections for the series are coming from all over, but it’s always interesting to get a look at what the oddsmakers are saying about the big events.
The Chicago Blackhawks are favored to win the Cup in this matchup with 5/7 odds from Bovada.lv. The Lightning are at 6/5 to win the cup.
The folks at Bovada are also handicapping the Conn Smythe race. Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews, who is second on the Blackhawks with 18 points and was the 2010 Smythe winner, is currently the favorite. He is followed by Lightning forward Tyler Johnson, the postseason’s leading scorer with 21 points, and Patrick Kane, Chicago’s leading scorer with 20 points.
Here is the list of odds for the Conn Smythe race:
Jonathan Toews – 7/2
Tyler Johnson – 4/1
Patrick Kane – 9/2
Ben Bishop – 5/1
Duncan Keith – 5/1
Steven Stamkos – 8/1
Corey Crawford – 12/1
Nikita Kucherov – 15/1
Marian Hossa – 25/1
Patrick Sharp – 25/1
Victor Hedman – 35/1
Valtteri Filppula – 40/1
Alex Killorn – 40/1
Ondrej Palat – 40/1
Brent Seabrook – 40/1
Brad Richards – 50/1
