Jets fans tonight:

Jets lose to bruins: Panik
The Blackhawks beat the Predators: Kalm
The flames currently lead the golden knights: Panik

EDM's winning the cup.

No one is stopping McJesus this time around. And the supporting cast finally looks apt enough to take them seriously.

W take, Stole my cup pick

If I'm Treliving I leave the GM job of the Flames and go work with Philly

As Sutter has lost his mind and I doubt the owner will let him be fired.

One big issue with that goaltending its basically the same stuff as last year but Skinner got no playoff experience

VGK to me probs the pacific team to watch cause of Cassidy. This mans got experience and VGK are getting goals from everyone. Its almost like what were seeing out of Boston but with lesser goaltending

Y'know though, Nobody has goaltending in the west, and if your in the cup you just have to beat one more team.

And McDavid can score on anybody, so I don't think Vegas can win just because there defense is good.

Colarado cant stay healthy this year either. I think EDM has a really good shot in the playoffs and the Ekholm trade made them a lot more playoff friendly of a team.

I mean in the west there is are 3 with goaltending

VGK with Cassidy
Playoff Dallas with Ottinger
Winnipeg with Hellybuyck especially post season


To bad for Tonight as Quick was 4-0 with a 2.22 gaa and 9.30gaa before that 7-2 loss but Thompson and Hill have been good


Then u got playoff Ottinger who could be terrifying if Dallas can give him goal support. And Hellybuyck is almost a brick wall in playoffs

Yes McDavid can score but remember his quote calling out the goaltending. Scoring x amount of goals should be enough to win a game.

Should have let em go at it

I’m very surprised how Beauvillier went from the “cap dump” of the trade to outperforming Horvat.

Yes, this has happened many, many times. Mike Keenan used to do it for breakfast.

An aggregate look at playoff chances using three sources

1. 538
2. The Athletic
3. Moneypuck

Overall rank. Team. 538 pts, Ath pts, MP pts (avg) -- (probabilities for bubble teams)

Metro
2. CAR: 116, 116, 118 (avg: 116.6)*
3. NJD: 111, 113, 113 (avg: 112.4)*
8. NYR: 105, 104, 103 (avg: 103.7)*
15. PIT: 94, 96, 95 (avg: 95.1) -- (avg 77% chance of playoffs)
18. NYI: 92, 92, 93 (avg: 92.4) -- (avg 50% chance of playoffs)
20. WAS: 88, 88, 87 (avg: 87.5) -- (avg 8% chance of playoffs)
27. PHI: 73, 74, 74 (avg: 73.5)^
32. CBJ: 62, 62, 62 (avg: 61.8)^

Atlantic
1. BOS: 128, 127, 127 (avg: 127.4)*
4. TOR: 107, 108, 107 (avg: 107.4)*
9. TBL: 104, 103, 104 (avg: 103.6)*
17. FLA: 92, 93, 93 (avg: 92.7) -- (avg 55% chance of playoffs)
21. BUF: 88, 87, 87 (avg: 87.1) -- (avg 8% chance of playoffs)
22. OTT: 84, 85, 84 (avg: 84.1)^
23. DET: 84, 83, 83 (avg: 83.2)^
28. MTL: 71, 71, 70 (avg: 70.8)^

Central
7. DAL: 103, 106, 104 (avg: 104.3)*
10. COL: 105, 103, 102 (avg: 103.3)*
11. MIN: 103, 102, 103 (avg: 102.5)*
14. WPG: 94, 96, 95 (avg: 95.2) -- (avg 62% chance of playoffs)
19. NSH: 92, 94, 91 (avg: 92.3) -- (avg 25% chance of playoffs)
25. STL: 79, 79, 79 (avg: 78.8)^
26. ARI: 76, 73, 74 (avg: 74.4)^
30. CHI: 66, 62, 67 (avg: 64.7)^

Pacific
5. VGK: 105, 106, 104 (avg: 105.2)*
6. LAK: 104, 104, 106 (avg: 104.4)*
12. EDM: 101, 102, 102 (avg: 101.5)*
13. SEA: 99, 99, 100 (avg: 99.5) -- (avg 92% chance of playoffs)
16. CGY: 92, 92, 94 (avg: 92.8) -- (avg 28% chance of playoffs)
24. VAN: 80, 82, 78 (avg: 79.9)^
29. ANA: 66, 65, 66 (avg: 65.4)^
31. SJS: 62, 63, 64 (avg: 63)^

* unanimous choice to make playoffs (97-100% chance)
^ unanimous choice to miss playoffs (0-3% chance)

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Using the aggregate projections...

Playoffs - round one
CAR (M1) vs PIT (WC1)
NJD (M2) vs NYR (M3)

BOS (A1) vs FLA (WC2)
TOR (A2) vs TBL (A3)

DAL (C1) vs SEA (WC1)
COL (C2) vs MIN (C3)

VGK (P1) vs WPG (WC2)
LAK (P2) vs EDM (P3)

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2nd round

CAR vs NJD
BOS vs TOR

DAL vs COL
VGK vs EDM

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Conf finals

BOS vs CAR
DAL vs EDM

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Stanley Cup finals

BOS vs EDM

Champ: BOS

@mokumboi With Binnington suspended, who is expected to be in net tonight? I’m personally hoping to see Hofer in person (and because Greiss is a caps killer for some reason)

Fries always plays insane against us. Doesn’t make any sense.

Lou Korac on twitter typically is first to the lineups.

I’m fully on team Blues tank to infinity.

I’m hoping it’s Greiss because I’ll find it hard to root against my own teams rookie goalie.

Hope you get 2 points Washington

Us Blues fans don’t get to the top often, but we also don’t get to the bottom often. Go big or go home.

Edit: I’d most prefer like a 6th slot finish where somehow Carlsson dropped:

All it takes is Bedard, Michov, Fantilli, Smith and a defenseman in the top 5. That isn’t a crazy thought.

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Playoff experience doesn’t matter for a goaltender

We'll find out after morning skate. Hofer hasn't played in six days, so I'm guessing it's him.

Speaking of Carlssons, Gabe Carlsson will be playing 2nd pairing (on his off-hand on the right side) for Washington, so this should be a true matchup of tanks. I'm both selfish so I want to see a win in person but also I'd like to have a higher pick. Decisions, decisions

What needs to happen to for caps fan win.

Ovi Goal
Sandin Point.
Strome point
Kuemper above .915 save percentage
Loss.

That’s a W

Mantha is a microwave burrito

Hofer is starting.

Barely a tap in response to unnecessary contact from a player up 9-5 in the closing minutes.
Two minutes each for roughing because of the follow up flailing.
Wouldn't have an issue if every cross check was called, but this happens dozens of times a game even with the crackdown, and this is on the low end in terms of impact to many of them.

Potentially another goalie ovi can add to his list

Is Levi going to start right away or be sent to Rochester?