By: Mike Rifkin
The best playoffs in all of sports the Stanley Cup Playoffs are here. Here are my first round predictions with stats from the regular season meetings.
FLAMES VS STARS
- CGY 2-0-1 vs DAL
- Matthew Tkachuck/ Andrew Mangiapane 2 goals/1assist each vs DAL
- Markstrom 1-0-1 : 3.33 GAA/.878 Save percentage vs DAL
- – Benn/Robertson 2 goals each
- Pavelski : 2 assists
- Hintz : 0 points in 3 games
- Oettinger : 0-2-0 : 3.56 GAA/.908 save percentage
Flames in 6
Kings VS Oilers
- EDM 3-1/LAK 1-2-1
- McDavid 3 goals 6 points
- Daraisaitl 1 goal/1assist
- Kane 3 points in 3 games
- Mike Smith : 2-0-0 : 2.00 GAA/ .938 save percentage. Playoff career : 11-17-0 2.34 GAA/.931 save percentage
- Trevor Moore 2 goals 4 points
- Kempe 2 goals
- Kopitar 1 assist in 4 games. 21 goals 66 points playoff career.
- Quick : 1-1-1 : 2.29 GAA/.918 save percentage. Playoff career: 46-39 2.23 GAA/.922 save percentage
- Kings in 7
AVS VS PREDS
- AVS 1-1-2/ PREDS 3-1
- Roman Josi 2 goals 6 points
- Filip Forsberg 2 goals: 28 career playoff goals
- Matt Duchene 4 goals
- Saros : 2-0-0 2.94 GAA/.914 save percentage
- Cale Makar : 2 goals 7 points
- Kadri 6 assists 0 goals
- Mackinnon 1 goal
- Kuemper 0-0-2 : 4.23 GAA/.870 save percentage
- AVS in 4
BLUES VS WILD
- BLUES 3-0-0 /WILD 0-1-2
- STL 12-1-1 LAST 14 VS MIN
- Blues Power Play 2nd/ WILD PK 25TH
- Pavel Buchnevich 2 goals 5 points
- Robert Thomas 1 goal 5 points
- Kaprizov 3 goals 6 points
- Ryan Hartman 3 goals 5 points
- Marc-Andre Fleury With Wild : 9-2-0 2.74 GAA/.910 save percentage. Playoffs: 90-70 2.53 GAA/.912 save percentage.
- Husso: 2-0-0 3.92 GAA/.892 save percentage vs MIN. 25-7-6 2.56 GAA/.919 save percentage.
- Wild in 7
BRUINS VS HURRICANES
- HURRICANES OUTSCORED BRUINS 16-1 in 3 reg season meetings
- Svechnikov 3 goals 3 assists 6 points
- Anderson 3-0-0 .990 save percentage 0.33 GAA 2 shutouts vs Bruins: Out for game 1
- Bergeron 46 career playoff goals
- Hurricanes in 6
Rangers Vs Penguins
- Rangers 3-1/ Penguins 1-3
- Shesterkin : 3-1-0 1.01 GAA/.960 save percentage
- Kreider: 3 goals 6 points. ; Playoffs 24 goals 39 points
- Panarin 1 goal 3 assists
- Crosby: 1 goal 1 assist. 6 goals 21 points vs NYR in playoffs. 69 goals 191 points in playoffs
- Malkin 64 playoff goals 174 points
- Rangers in 6
Lightning vs Leafs
- 2 wins each
- Matthews 3 goals 7 points. 13 goals 24 points in playoffs
- Nylander/Kase 2 goals each
- TOR hasnt won playoff series since 2004
- Campbell 2-1-0 2.33 GAA/.918 save percentage
- Stamkos 2 goals 9 points: Playoffs 32 goals 72 points
- Killorn/Palat 5 goals 11 points combined : Playoffs 71 goals combined
- Vasilevskiy : 2-1-12.97 GAA/.919 save percentage: Playoffs: 49-29 2.24 GAA/.924 save percentage
- Lightning in 6
Panthers Vs Caps
- FLA 2-1 WSH 1-1-1
- Bobrovsky in playoffs : 13-23 record, 3.24 goals against average and a .899 save percentage. In his two playoffs with the Panthers Bobrovsky has a 2-5 record 3.80 goals against average and .880 save percentage.
- Huberdeau 1 goal 4 assists
- Barkov 2 goals
- Ovechkin 4 goals: 43 in career vs florida. Playoffs 71 goals 135 ponts
- Backstrom 36 playoff goals/ Oshie 28 goals
- Panthers in 5
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