2022 Stanley Cup Final - Who wins Game 6 of Avalanche-Lightning?

The Stanley Cup Final will last at least six games this year after the Tampa Bay Lightning won Game 5 3-2, keeping the Colorado Avalanche away from the Cup for at least two more days.

Game 6 is Sunday in Tampa (8 ET, ABC and ESPN+). With Colorado leading the series 3-2, what are the keys to victory for each side? How confident are they in the goaltending? And who will emerge victorious?

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Kristen Shilton: Colorado clearly knows how to beat Tampa Bay: Play fast, create rush opportunities and be fastidious in the details on the breakout. Anything less, and the Lightning find ways to push back and capitalize. The Avalanche dominated early in this series through the neutral zone. That hasn't been the case lately. And Colorado hasn't been generating the same fast starts it used to. If anything, the Avalanche have looked their best in the third period and overtime in the games since that 7-0 walloping they delivered in Game 2.

If Colorado intends to fly home with the Stanley Cup after Game 6, it has to get back on the attack. There's no point in being afraid to make mistakes at this point, which the Avalanche looked to be concerned about for most of Game 5.

Closing out the Lightning isn't easy; they wouldn't be alive in the playoffs if it were. Tampa Bay has been down in three of its four series. Colorado needs to display way more desperation in its game to shut down a Lightning group hardwired to excel in the clutch. The Avalanche have the talent and tools required to finish off Tampa Bay. What they have to channel in Game 6 is the killer instinct that was at the forefront of their early-series performances. Colorado has been excellent on the road in these playoffs, going 7-1 through four