Every first-round Game One of the Stanley Cup Playoffs will be available on ESPN or ESPN2. Bold prediction: Toronto shocks the world and wins multiple playoff rounds. Colorado is notably multifaceted, capable of beating its opponents in different ways. Playoff position: M2 Games left: 3 Next game: vs. Bold prediction: The Oilers win their first playoff series since 2017 before bowing out to Calgary. Biggest flaw(s): Confidence. Vitek Vanecek has been wildly inconsistent, while Ilya Samsonov has played to a sub-replacement level this season. Those matchups are plenty intriguing. Heading into the playoffs, Craig Custance gets the lowdown on the Vancouver Canucks from rival players, coaches and scouts. Columbus Blue Jackets (WC) 5. We've also learned that two straight Stanley Cups haven't made the Bolts fat and happy; the hunger to win another, and the killer instinct to close out teams, remains for Tampa. NHL predictions: Expert picks for both conference final series in Stanley Cup playoffs Our experts reveal their predictions for which two teams will be moving on to the Stanley Cup Final. What will he bring to the table to help make it happen? Defenseman Adam Fox said he's looking forward to the battle between Andrei Vasilevskiy and Shesterkin. In net, Jack Campbell appears back on his game following a midseason downturn and rib injury. We'll highlight the current playoff picture in both conferences, take a look at what the first-round matchups might look like, see who's leading the race for the best odds in the draft lottery and more. The Rangers didn't have to face Hurricanes starter Frederik Andersen, who missed the playoffs with a lower-body injury; instead, they saw Antti Raanta for six games and half of Game 7 until his injury, and then third-stringer Pyotr Kochetkov. Buccigross: Avalanche in seven Kucherov has 15 points in 11 games, including seven on the power play. These are the playoffs. NHL Matchups 2022-2023 - Today's Hockey Previews, Scores & Schedules NHL Scores & Matchups Odds Free Picks News & Analysis NHL Contest Stanley Cup Injuries Teams Players Standings. Florida is the only place he wanted to land at the trade deadline. Read on for predictions for every game involving a Top 25 team on the schedule over the next seven days. Alas, he's ineligible, having played more than six games in his first two NHL seasons. Saros missed the last two games of the season with a lower-body injury, and his status is uncertain heading into the postseason. There's power in being an underdog, a freedom to simply play your game without expectation. Their second-leading scorer is defenseman Victor Hedman, who is doing as Victor Hedman does: He has 10 points in 11 games and is skating 25:03 per game. Unsurprisingly, Florida has also produced excellent special-teams numbers (including with its top-10 power play). Stanley Cup Playoffs second-round predictions NHL.com staff members make their picks for four series Kavanagh: Oilers in seven The Kings have had strong underlying numbers under coach Todd McLellan all season, including placing fifth in expected goals per 60 minutes and fifth in percentage of shot attempts at 5-on-5. Colorado's will have less pressure to produce given their second unit is anchored by a guy named Nazem Kadri, who's coming off an 87-point regular season and is averaging a point per game in the playoffs. Artemi Panarin quietly had points in the last three games against Carolina, including a great outlet pass that sprung Strome for a critical goal that put them up 3-0. 12:50 PM. DiPietro: Flames in six 6 Virginia (21-5, 13-4 ACC) . Player to watch: Rookie forward Seth Jarvis has been absolutely outstanding for the Hurricanes. Case for a Stanley Cup run: History has a funny habit of repeating itself. How will the Rangers handle Nikita Kucherov? With the 2023 All-Star Game and skills competition approaching on Feb. 3-4, we turn our focus to the collective bold predictions from our ESPN hockey family. That can't happen again. When the trade deadline rolls around, there are always teams caught in the middle of the standings . The Blues do have scoring talents, including Jordan Kyrou and Vladimir Tarasenko, but with more limited chances in tight-checking postseason games, St. Louis will have to really focus on the defensive details to avoid a letdown. 17 overall, should be able to select . Seven Avs skaters have at least three goals in the playoffs, and five have double-digit point totals. The NHL playoffs get underway Monday, with all four games on ESPN networks. Picks for Rangers-Lightning, Avalanche-Oilers, 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs: Highlights and analysis from the entire postseason, Free-agency, draft plans for Avs, Lightning, every other NHL team, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. The Flames' plus-85 trailed only the Presidents' Trophy-winning Panthers for the. Stats are collected from sites such as Natural Stat Trick, Hockey Reference and Evolving Hockey. Knight: Avalanche in seven Colorado has to frustrate the Oilers' top skaters, make it difficult for them to find space or get in a rhythm early. Being involved to that degree clearly works for the netminder, and he has thrived under the pressure. And there's the Leafs' excellent special teams, including the NHL's best power play and a penalty kill that is nearly as likely to score short-handed as to get scored on. Mleczko: Avalanche in six Returning contributors Alex Killorn and Ondrej Palat can play up or down the lineup with effectiveness. will be coming full force. That formula doesn't generally work in the postseason. Marc-Andre Fleury has been lights out since arriving at the trade deadline from Chicago. If he finally emerges in this series, that's an edge for the Avalanche as well. Colorado has given up the third-fewest goals against per game (2.70) among remaining playoff teams, and its power play is operating at a crisp 34.5% (best in show throughout the postseason). . Ferraro: Hurricanes in six Listen here . How they got here: Defeated Los Angeles Kings 4-3, defeated Calgary Flames 4-1. Then, of course, there's the personnel. And of course, there's Boston's core. Cassie Campbell-Pascall: Lightning in six Biggest flaw(s): Power plays don't always come easy in the Stanley Cup playoffs. He had just two points in the Pens' six-game series loss to the Islanders last playoffs. Also on a roll: St. Louis' power play, which has been top three in the NHL since late March. history but they get to host a game . Lessons from Round 1 If Edmonton can do that again in the conference finals, Colorado's march to the Cup finals will be severely impeded -- and perhaps derailed. The NHL has passed the mathematical midpoint of the 2022-23 regular season. by Fantasy Hockey Staff @NHLFantasy. Campbell-Pascall: Hurricanes in five A rundown of 1 to 8 in all four divisions, plus the 16-team postseason field for this upcoming season. Physicality gets ratcheted up in the playoffs, and Wilson has shown the ability in the past to turn a series with one big injurious hit. Tocchet, most recently head coach of the Arizona . While Dallas has every reason to feel good about its top point-getters, in a tight playoff series the secondary scoring often puts teams over the top. But right around the trade deadline, the Rangers' play started to pick up and continued to trend upward through the final month of the season under first-year coach Gerard Gallant. New York Islanders (MP) 7. The opponents are very favourable. Biggest flaw(s): Can the Predators keep it together in their own end? 16 teams will qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Could the Florida Panthers, who raced to the top seed in the Eastern Conference, win their first Cup? NHL.com staff members have made their predictions for the Stanley Cup First Round and Playoffs, and most believe the Honda West Division representative will win it all. That's always been ingrained in the culture of every good team I've been on here. Chris Kreider became just the fourth player in Rangers history to top 50 goals. If the season ended today we'd have the Heat . They were 27th in goals-against per 60 at 5-on-5 under Tippett; under Woodcroft, they were ninth. Again, the Oilers stayed calm, and refocused. Bring on the intensity, the heart-stopping drama and the sheer excitement. It will all happen on the new NHL TV Networks of ESPN and TNT/Turner Sports. Biggest flaw(s): Fatigue. The team also had strong seasons from veterans Trevor Moore, Alex Iafallo, Adrian Kempe and Alex Edler, a resurgent campaign from Jonathan Quick and an outstanding season from Drew Doughty before he went out with a wrist injury. Tortorella: Hurricanes in six You can say the Rangers haven't faced a goalie like Vasilevskiy, and that's true. The Avalanche are top three in league scoring, top six in goals against, have a top-five power play and boast enviable depth at forward and on the back end to complement Darcy Kuemper, who has had a resurgent second half in net. That could change in a hurry in the postseason, as the Canes flex their impressive depth, stingy penalty kill and offensive power led by Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov. That wasn't a given before the season and certainly wasn't while Pittsburgh played through its seemingly annual spate of injuries. Bolden: Avalanche in six Those aren't encouraging totals. The Blues are rightly playing with incredible confidence, and we know from past experience where that can lead them. Do the Lightning have what it takes to three-peat? But the kids were all right too: Forwards Arthur Kaliyev, Rasmus Kupari and Quinton Byfield, as well as defensemen Mikey Anderson and Sean Durzi, also contributed. The Stars need to be more than just a one-line wonder. Record: 54-21-7 (115 points) Case for a Stanley Cup run: Toronto has got the talent in all three phases of the game.Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner are one of the NHL's . Levy: Rangers in seven It nearly did not happen, as both teams were pushed to the brink in the first round. The first round might actually be the hardest for Tampa, knowing how hungry the Leafs are to overcome their checkered playoff past. Shilton: Avalanche in seven FiveThirtyEight's 2021-22 NHL forecast predicts the winner of each hockey game and calculates each team's chances of advancing to the playoffs and winning the Stanley Cup. ET, ESPN), followed by Lightning-Leafs (7:30 ET, ESPN2), Blues-Wild (9:30 ET, ESPN) and Kings-Oilers (10 ET, ESPN2). Both stood out late in the second round with an individual highlight performance (MacKinnon with his Game 5 hat trick, McDavid with the overtime game-winner in his own Game 5). The Eastern Conference finals series is on ESPN and ESPN+, while the Stanley Cup Final will be on ABC and ESPN+. The Footballers (7-9) have the worst record of any playoff team they tied the 2010 Seattle Seahawks for the worst record for a playoff team in N.F.L. If you just ignore the three goals he gave up in the first six minutes of Game 1 against Calgary, and also put aside that he allowed a 132-foot clearing attempt past the posts in Game 4, then Smith has been unequivocally rock solid for the Oilers. Knight: Flames in six As Crosby said recently: "I think you try to enjoy it as much as you can and try to take it all in because you know that it's not going to last forever. Artemi Panarin averaged 1.28 points per game. Ryan Callahan: Panthers in six Edmonton's trio has combined for 26 goals and 67 points in 12 games. Biggest flaw(s): The playoffs couldn't arrive at a worse time for Pittsburgh. Before I reveal every series winner in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs and the exact number of games in which the series will be won, I'd like to just offer a small reminder to establish a baseline . Calgary got burned off a couple clean looks for that unit that turned into almost series-defining mistakes. Unlike Darcy Kuemper, who has faced the fewest shots among remaining playoff goaltenders, Smith has been peppered with the second-most. Tampa's lineup remains as intimidating as any in the league. There's an argument to be made that Kucherov is the best power-play performer in the NHL, and he has lived up to that with seven points with the man advantage. Levy: Flames in seven They're tremendous on the power play, as Carolina witnessed. His playoff struggles are a bit overblown -- his numbers aren't that bad overall -- but the doubts linger. There is a winning pedigree in Boston that starts with its leadership, and spreads to David Pastrnak, Taylor Hall, Charlie McAvoy, and on down the list. If defense wins championships (and history suggests it's a big factor), the Bruins should be feared by any opponent. The image above displays the 2023 NHL Playoff bracket and will be updated after each week. They went 12-8-3 after that. The Penguins' offense is also struggling, with an ice-cold power play and players such as Rust mired in slumps. He's the kind of player to watch with your head on a swivel. Back for 2022 is the usual playoff format with the top team in the conference facing the second wild card, the other division winner playing the first wild card and N. 2 going up against No. Player to watch: Mika Zibanejad was back to being a point-per-game center this season, playing the majority of his time with Kreider and assisting on 24 of his goals. Only four teams had a lower expected goals per 60 minutes at 5-on-5 than the Rangers this season: the Sabres, Kraken, Coyotes and Blackhawks. Mleczko: Hurricanes in seven La Greca: Flames in six Tarasenko had 11 goals and 17 points during the Blues' 2019 run. Goals project to be at a premium for Dallas, so look for the team's top defender to step up in keeping pucks out of the Stars' end -- and out of their net. Bolden: Flames in seven Rush to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. But teams win with depth in the playoffs, and there's been some falloff here for the Flames. Colorado is every bit as good as we thought it was, and could be. To help get you up to speed before the puck drops on Game 1 of the West matchup Tuesday night, we're bringing you a mega-preview, breaking down each team in five different categories and offering our predictions on which clubs will head to the Stanley Cup Final. But he's expected to miss a few games in the first round due to a lower-body injury. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, in his first season with the Lightning, and playoff hero Pat Maroon also bolster the bottom six. Some teams have improved, while others went into re-build mode. I apologize in advance for spoiling the next two months for you, as obviously all of . They're not the Maple Leafs or the Panthers, crushed by the weight of expectations and entitlement. Steve Levy: Panthers in seven Colorado's big winger has one goal in these playoffs, which he scored on an empty net in the Avs' 6-3 victory over St. Louis in Game 4. Trail Blazers vs. Pelicans Game Info. Goalie Tristan Jarry, who had an outstanding regular season, has been sidelined with a broken foot that he's in the process of rehabbing. Never let them have the puck. But it'll also take continued contributions from players like Andrew Copp (12 points), Ryan Strome (9) and Frank Vatrano (8); and further damage done by the Rangers' "Kid Line" of Alexis Lafreniere, Filip Chytil and Kaapo Kakko. The NHL is an exciting sport to wager on and there are plenty of opportunities for wins during the bumper . Player to watch: Marner. He had four points in seven games before that. The Bruins have just about everything you can want in a contender: a deadly top line, an elite defenseman, and a great goalie. He worked through his emotions during the Rangers' first two games in Pittsburgh, where he was pulled twice. That's been the disconnect before, and those demons won't be overcome until Toronto has success when it matters most. And, as Nashville's leader in game-winning goals, Forsberg also has the potential to create some must-see drama. Rick DiPietro: Panthers in seven Did he skid at the end of this season? They rallied to beat the Penguins after being down 3-1 in their first-round series. At 29-31, they . Mleczko: Flames in six Kuemper came through in that series when the Avalanche needed it, but there wasn't a lot of rhythm to his game. ESPN Megacast, formerly known as ESPN Full Circle, is a multi-network simulcast of a single sporting event across multiple ESPN networks and serviceswith each feed providing a different version of the telecast making use of different features, functions or perspectives. Bold prediction: As happened to Tampa Bay in 2019, the seemingly unstoppable Panthers fall short with a baffling first-round exit. The 13th overall pick in 2020, Jarvis had 11 points in a nine-game stretch near the end of the season, running shotgun with Aho for a lot of it. Florida has three 30-plus goal scorers, six players with 50-plus points and a Hart Trophy contender in Jonathan Huberdeau, who can go toe-to-toe with any offensive threat in the league. A trade to move Miller out of Vancouver would be surprising considering he signed a fresh seven-year, $56-million contract ($8 million AAV) in September 2022 a deal that won't even kick in until next season. Tortorella: Avalanche in six What we've learned about this team so far in the postseason. The Lightning have great depth down the middle of the ice with Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos and Anthony Cirelli, electric scoring potential in Nikita Kucherov and an excellent defenseman who leads by example in Victor Hedman. Before the NBA resumes play on Thursday night, it is time to answer some big questions. Keith has been on every big stage hockey has to offer. Hextall: Flames in six Peter Lawrence-Riddell: Lightning in six Keep an eye on those little things Brodin can do to put Minnesota over the top. Make Your Picks. Buccigross: Flames in six Kaplan: Flames in six That unit shows no signs of slowing, either, and that should give Dallas a confidence boost going into the first round. Bold prediction: Brandon Hagel comes alive at last. Free agency is looming, and all eyes will be on Kadri as he chases that elusive championship. No disrespect intended to Sebastian Aho, but the Rangers didn't have to face an elite offensive player like Kucherov in their series against the Hurricanes. That, combined with St. Louis being one of the NHL's worst teams in 5-on-5 possession totals, puts a lot more pressure on Husso -- a rookie appearing in his first postseason -- at the toughest time of year. Rantanen must be exactly that for Colorado in the series ahead. How to watch Each player had some solid stretches late in the Calgary series, but those four have combined for only five goals thus far in the playoffs. While the 29-year-old is still producing at a steady clip with 54 points in 59 games (he tallied a career-high 99 points last season . Let's key on Mikko Rantanen. We've graded all 32 teams -- including one A+ and two F's -- and announced the winners of our own batch of awards. There hasn't been a ton of that for the Oilers; most of their key tallies have come from the same group of four or five guys. TWDC 2022-23 NHL Game Schedule: Date, Time (ET), Teams, Network/Platform Tue, Oct. 11, 7:30 p.m., Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers, ESPN, ESPN+ Tue, Oct. 11, 10 p.m., Vegas Golden. And that was against the two best offensive teams in the regular season. While Florida's offensive talent is its best asset, if the overall team defense can't hold up (especially if Aaron Ekblad isn't able to return to form due to his knee injury), it could make for a shorter run than the Panthers are aiming for. The Igor Shesterkin that we saw during Round 1 is not the Igor Shesterkin that the Lightning are going to see. Forward Jason Zucker, who could help, can't stay in the lineup due to injuries. MacKinnon's contributions will be massive for the Avs. Push for the Playoffs will run every morning through the end of the 2021-22 NHL season. The Wild's penalty kill is bottom 10 in the league, and their power play sits somewhere in the middle. All that winning is great at the time, but it cuts into recovery. Like, ever. Is that a sign that Tampa is losing its legs? Against Carolina, Shesterkin gave up two or fewer goals in six of the seven games in the series and won another Game 7, this time on the road. But the defenseman is battling a core muscle injury and he's still playing over 21 minutes per game, so faulting him too harshly for not performing at his most elite would be misguided. Tampa hasn't had much downtime since the NHL's bubble tournament two years ago. Their top defensive pairings of Noah Hanifin and Rasmus Andersson along with Chris Tanev and Oliver Kylington have been outstanding. It doesn't help that in front of Bobrovsky, Florida got a little too comfortable late in the season as the Cardiac Cats. How they got here: Defeated Nashville Predators 4-0, defeated St. Louis Blues 4-2. Matiash: Flames in seven Tim Kavanagh: Lightning in six He backstopped the Kings to the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014, posting an incredible .946 save percentage to win that initial championship. Now, does that reflect a deficiency in Kuemper's game? Weekes: Blues in seven He heads to New York with 1,225 points in 1,161 regular-season games. NHL betting best bet and free pick analysis. As Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said: Their problem offensively was not having elite goal-scorers. Deadline decisions: What will Avs, Kraken and others do? Granted, that included 12 overtime losses, a middling even-strength offense and goaltending issues galore. General manager Doug Armstrong took a major risk in allowing. There's more to the team than just a dominant goalie, however. All things being equal, Colorado boasts the deeper team. But he's not unbeatable. Any notion that the Avs' slide out of the regular season (losing six of their last seven games) was a premonition of poor playoff performance to come was unfounded. Wyshynski: Blues in seven, Allen: Flames in six But this was his best season since 2017-18, and there were enough moments of "vintage Jonathan Quick" to make one wonder if there isn't just a little more playoff magic left in him, 10 years after winning the Conn Smythe. Beyond that, he hasn't won a playoff series since 2015. The edge, though, probably belongs to Edmonton. Don La Greca: Panthers in seven Lawrence-Riddell: Flames in seven TB | WSH Boucher: Hurricanes in six Case for a Stanley Cup run: This is Edmonton Oilers Version 2.0. The Lightning goalie will have to be better than his best to get Tampa over the hump and back into postseason cruise control. Hagel took a puck off one of his feet in Game 2 against the Panthers, though he appeared in Games 3 and 4. cal: Rangers in seven Player to watch: Claude Giroux. XFL owner Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson shouted out former Alabama quarterback A.J. Andrei Vasilevskiy is one of the greatest postseason goaltenders in NHL history. Some nights, the Bruins look impenetrable; the next, they're floundering in their own end. What he's done this year has been insanely impressive. This series projects to trend more toward what Edmonton just experienced, with the potential for larger momentum swings and opportunity to generate offense. In fact, even as he has gotten better as the playoffs have continued -- playing through jitters in the first round that included two games he didn't complete in Pittsburgh -- he has yet to pitch a shutout. Carolina Hurricanes 3. 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