Morning Coffee: Maple Leafs Open As A Small Favourite For Game 7

Four teams had an opportunity to punch their tickets to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs last night.

Only one of them was able to take care of business.

The St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1 to win their best-of-seven series 4-2.

St. Louis is the first series underdog to advance to the second round in this year’s playoffs.

Meanwhile, the Edmonton Oilers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins all avoided elimination with victories in Game 6.

All three of those teams now have an opportunity to advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a trio of Game 7s scheduled for Saturday night.

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Friday May 13th, 2022.

Lightning Rally To Beat Maple Leafs In Overtime

The Toronto Maple Leafs were nine minutes and 20 seconds away from advancing to the second round for the first time in 18 years when Nikita Kucherov beat Jack Campbell with a power play goal to tie Game 6 at 3-3.

Brayden Point scored the winner with less than two minutes left in the first overtime period, giving Tampa Bay the 4-3 lead and forcing a Game 7 on Saturday night.

Brayden Point scored the winner in overtime as the Lightning (-142 ML) beat the Maple Leafs 4-3 to force a Game 7. Point to score and Tampa Bay to win was +285 at @FanDuelCanada. pic.twitter.com/zZYWDKgT92

After rallying from down 2-0 to take a 3-2 lead, the Maple Leafs looked like they were in complete control throughout the first half of the third period.

Then David Kampf and Alex Kerfoot took back-to-back high sticking penalties to set up a 5-on-3 for the Lightning, Kucherov tied it, and it set up a next goal wins scenario in which Toronto ended up on the losing side.

Kucherov to score and Tampa Bay to win was +255 at