If anyone interested, will use same scoring we used in years past:

Round 1

Pick the correct team = 3 pts
Pick the correct number of games = 3 pts
Pick the correct team + the number of games = 8pts

Round 2

Pick the correct team = 5 pts
Pick the correct number of games = 5 pts
Pick the correct team + the number of games = 13pts

Round 3 - Conference Championship

Pick the correct team = 8 pts
Pick the correct number of games = 8 pts
Pick the correct team + the number of games = 20pts

Round 4 Stanley Cup

Pick the correct team = 10 pts
Pick the correct number of games = 10 pts
Pick the correct team + the number of games = 30pts

Eastern Conference
Tampa Bay Lightning (WC1) vs Florida Panthers (A1)
Toronto Maple Leafs (A3) vs Boston Bruins (A2)
Washington Capitals (WC2) vs New York Rangers (M1)
New York Islanders (M3) vs Carolina Hurricanes (M2)

Western Conference
Vegas Golden Knights (WC2) vs Dallas Stars (C1)
Colorado Avalanche (C3) vs Winnipeg Jets (C2)
Nashville Predators (WC1) vs Vancouver Canucks (P1)
Los Angeles Kings (P3) vs Edmonton Oilers (P2)

Eastern Conference
Lightning in 7
Bruins in 6
Rangers in 6
Hurricanes in 5

Western Conference
Stars in 5
Avalanche in 6
Predators in 6
Oilers in 5

I might have a better chance with NBA picks (76ers over the Knicks) than NHL but here we go:

Eastern Conference
Panthers in 6
Bruins in 7
Rangers in 5
Hurricanes in 7

Western Conference
Golden Knights in 6
Avalanche in 7
Canucks in 7
Oilers in 4

Tampa Bay Lightning in 6
Boston Bruins in 5
Washington Capitals in 5
Carolina Hurricanes in 5
Vegas Golden Knights in 5
Winnipeg Jets in 7
Nashville Predators in 6
Edmonton Oilers in 5

Well.....what an absolute choke job by the Preds last night.

Embarrassing how bad they're doing. And last night Vancouver had both their AHL goalies dressed for the game. Come on Preds, pepper the guy with shots, quit trying to be pretty.

I knew going in being the Wild Card 1 was going to be worse than Wild Card 2. Preds were 0-3 against Canucks in the regular season, and Oilers tore them up too. Preds split with Dallas and were competitive with Jets and Avalanche.

Whatever, if you can't beat whatever team that is put in front of you, you shouldn't be the champ anyway. Plus Preds were not supposed to be any count this season but it still stinks..... Maybe a miracle comeback will happen and they go on a run

2 series are over
Florida beat Tampa in 5 - crunchbird only one that picked Panthers. We all missed on number of games

Rangers beat the Capitals in 4 - crunchbird and myself both picked the Rangers. All missed on games


crunchbird - 6 points
jbeeman85 - 3 points
MoonKnight1 - 0 points

Avalanche finish off the Jets in 5. (crunchbird and myself both had the Avs. All missed on games)

Hurricanes take down the Islanders in 5. (we all had the Hurricanes. Howie and myself also hit on the games to get 8 points)


jbeeman85 - 14 points (3 + 3 + 8)
crunchbird - 12 points (6 + 3 + 3)
MoonKnight1 - 8 points (0 + 0 + 8)

Oilers beat the Kings in 5.
We all had the Oilers. Howie and myself had them doing it in 5.


jbeeman85 - 22 points (14 + 8)
MoonKnight1 - 16 points (8 + 8)
crunchbird - 15 points (12 + 3)

Couple Round 2 series are set:
Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Rangers (starts Sundy)

Edmonton Oilers vs Vancouver Canucks

Rangers in 7

Oilers in 7

Carolina in 6
Vancouver in 6

Another Round 2 matchup set:

Boston Bruins vs Florida Panthers

Vegas and Dallas play Game 7 tonight to see who takes on the Avalanche

So it is
Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Rangers
Boston Bruins vs FloridaPanthers

Edmonton Oilers vs Vancouver Canucks

I will take Panthers in 6


I will update the standings tomorrow for the Round 1 series not already tallied.

Go Vegas. Screw Dallas.

I want to pick the Panthers, but I think that the Bruins might be hot right now. I'll go Boston in 5.

Rangers in 6
Oilers in 5
Panthers in 6

Bruins beat the Leafs in 7. - We all had the Bruins. crunchbird gets the additional points for also guessing 7 games

Stars beat the Golden Knights in 7. - I was the only one to take Dallas. No one guessed 7 games.

Canucks beat the Predators in 6 . - crunchbird picked Vancouver. Howie and myself guessed 6 games.


jbeeman85 - 31 points (22 + 3 +3 + 3)
crunchbird - 26 points (15 + 8 + 0 + 3)
MoonKnight1 - 22 points (16 + 3 + 0 + 3)

The final 2nd round matchup is set:

Colorado Avalanche vs Dallas Stars

I will go with Avalanche in 6

Dallas in 7.