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Montreal Canadiens
vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

The 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Final begins on Monday, June 28, [view the full Stanley Cup Final schedule here], and as we do every year, The Fourth Period’s panel of experts weigh in with their Predictions and Series MVPs. Here are our picks for the Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe Trophy.

Stanley Cup Final Predictions

TFP Panel

Series Winner

Series MVP

Bamford

in 6 Brayden Point

Bernstein

in 6 Carey Price

Di Marco

in 7 Carey Price

Gaffar

in 6 Carey Price

Hoven

in 6 Carey Price

Hutcheon

in 6 Andrei Vasilevskiy

Kelly

in 6 Andrei Vasilevskiy

Pagnotta

in 6 Carey Price

Pasculli

in 6 Carey Price

Paton

in 6 Andrei Vasilevskiy

Sicard

in 7 Cole Caufield

Ward

in 7 Carey Price

TFP Experts:

Tab Bamford - Columnist, Chicago
Dennis Bernstein - Sr. Writer
Anthony Di Marco - NHL Correspondent
Irfaan Gaffar - Host & Lead Reporter
John Hoven - Special Contributor, MayorsManor.com
Shawn Hutcheon - Boston Correspondent
Shane Kelly - Data Analyst
David Pagnotta - Editor-in-Chief
Matteo Pasculli - TFP NHL Correspondent
Ryan Paton - Host, The Hot Stove on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio
Felix Sicard - Anaheim Correspondent
Aaron Ward - NHL Analyst, 3-time Stanley Cup Champion