The Colorado Avalanche are looking to hand the Tampa Bay Lightning back-to-back playoffs losses for the only the second time in three years, as Game 2 is a pivotal match for the Bolts.

Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals goes down at 8:00 p.m. ET on Saturday night.

Nathan MacKinnon is second overall in goals with 11, potting 0.73 per game. He leads all players with 5.80 shots per game. MacKinnon also leads all Colorado forwards in ice-time at 21:11. Despite only playing 15 games, the Avalanche lead all teams with 20 first-period goals.

Tampa Bay and Colorado have both allowed 11 first-period goals. The Lightning have a slightly higher percentage of scoring first, 11 of 18 games for 61 percent. Still, the Avs have led first in eight of 15 games for 53 percent.

At +950, MacKinnon has an excellent chance to be the first goal-scorer in Game 2.

This prop did not hit in Game 1, and Nikita Kucherov only had one shot on the net. However, we’re still getting plus-money odds on Tampa’s leading shot taker. Kucherov paces the Lightning in shots and shots per game with 61 and 3.39. He’s been a scoring machine through these playoffs, scoring seven goals and 24 points in 18 games.

The Avalanche don’t allow shots, as evidenced by Game 1, limiting opponents to 27.9 per game. Still, the Lightning will be more desperate in Game 2, and Colorado’s weakness is between the pipes. Kucherov failed to hit the net more than once in their previous game, so expect him to be more aggressive on Saturday. Over six games against the New York Rangers, Kucherov averaged 4.6 shots. In four games against the Florida Panthers, he averaged 3.5, and in seven against the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3.29.

At +135, the plus-money still has a lot of value for Kucherov to go over 3.5 shots in Game 2.