Lightning will win Stanley Cup led by Vasilevskiy, experience

The Tampa Bay Lightning have won eight consecutive series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

They'll make it 12 by the end of June.
The Lightning are still the team to beat in the playoffs despite not being the best team during the regular season.
None of the other 15 teams in the postseason can match Tampa Bay's playoff experience. The Lightning are the proven commodity, as close to a sure thing as there is. They have 13 players who were part of the past two Stanley Cup winners, 16 who have won it at least once.
Moreover, Tampa Bay has no holes and is primed to win its third straight Cup title.
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Andrei Vasilevskiy is arguably the best goalie in the world, and certainly has been the best playoff goalie since 2020.
Vasilevskiy is 34-14 with a 1.90 goals-against average, .932 save percentage and six shutouts in 48 playoff games since 2020, including 8-5 with 1.41 GAA, .944 save percentage and five shutouts in potential series-clinching games.
He has not allowed a goal in each of the past five games the Lightning have eliminated an opponent, dating to Game 6 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final against the Dallas Stars.
Tampa Bay has weapons on offense, including forward Nikita Kucherov and center Brayden Point, who have combined for 122 points (43 goals, 79 assists) in the playoffs since 2020. Center Steven Stamkos had 18 points (eight goals, 10 assists) in 23 playoff games last season.

They go four forward lines deep, with multiple Stanley Cup winners on each line, including Pat Maroon on the fourth line. Maroon has won the Stanley Cup each of the past three seasons, including in 2019 with the St. Louis Blues.
Victor Hedman could be a finalist for the Norris Trophy, voted as the best defenseman in the NHL, for a sixth straight season. He's backed on the blue line by Ryan McDonagh, Mikhail Sergachev and Erik Cernak, each a two-time champion with the Lightning like Hedman.
Then there is the coaching staff, led by Jon Cooper, the longest tenured coach with his current team in the NHL (hired March 25, 2013). Tampa Bay is 70-46 in the playoffs under Cooper, who has the same assistants as last season: Jeff Halpern, Derek Lalonde and Rob Zettler.
The Lightning have continuity throughout their lineup and coaching staff. They know how to win at this time of the year. They will continue to do so, 16 more times.