

5 seed in the Eastern Conference for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The 2021–22 Tampa Bay Lightning entered the season as two-time defending Stanley Cup champions and gave themselves a real chance at a three-peat. That means 30+ goal scorers Aleksander Barkov, Sam Reinhart, Anthony Duclair, and Jonathan Huberdeau, an emerging NHL superstar, will all be there. The Panthers' solid young core that led them to the Presidents' Trophy should be back, which makes them favorites to go even deeper in the playoffs. They beat the Washington Capitals in six games in the first round but were upset in the second round by the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning. The 2021–22 Florida Panthers won the Atlantic Division, the Presidents' Trophy, and entered the Stanley Cup Playoffs as the top seed in the Eastern Conference. The stars who led the team to a record-breaking regular season, including Auston Matthews, John Tavares, and Mitch Marner, are all returning. The Leafs have not won a playoff series since 2004, but are favorites to do that and more in the 2022-23 season. The Leafs blew both a 3–2 series lead and a 3–2 third-period lead in Game 6.

However, they lost in the First Round to the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The 2021–22 Toronto Maple Leafs set a franchise record with 50 regular-season wins, finished second in the Atlantic Division, and were the No. There, the Avalanche won the franchise's third Stanley Cup beating the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games.Ĭolorado is now a big favorite to repeat this season with the core including Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog, Bowen Byram, and Conn Smythe Trophy winner Cale Makar all coming back. Louis Blues 4–2, and swept the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Finals en route to the franchise's first Stanley Cup Finals appearance since 2001.

They swept the Nashville Predators, beat the St. The 2021–22 Colorado Avalanche won the Central Division and entered the Stanley Cup Playoffs as the top seed in the Western Conference. Who are the 2023 Stanley Cup odds favorites? Colorado Avalanche ( )
