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Old School Meets New School
The Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild played in a fantastic six-game series last year at this stage of the playoffs. Now, with a new goaltender on their side, the Wild are going to hope to reverse that series result and move on to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history....
After both teams survived six-game series against other divisional foes, the Chicago Blackhawks (52-30-3-3) and the Minnesota Wild (50-30-5-3) will hook up against one another in Game 1 of the Central Division Finals on Friday night.ODDS ANALYSISThe Wild are understandably the short underdogs in this series, knowing how badly they have been against Chicago over the course of the last two seasons in the playoffs....
The New York Rangers (57-23-2-5) will be back on the ice for the first time in six days when they face the Washington Capitals (49-28-8-4) in Game 1 of the Metropolitan Division Finals....
Sure, the Anaheim Ducks ( 55-24-2-5 ) have had a full week off since sweeping Winnipeg in the first round of the playoffs. However, their extra rest could be negated when you consider the fact that the Calgary Flames ( 49-32-4-3 ) have had three days in a row to get ready for Game 1 of this series as well....
So much for home ice advantage! The road team has won four of the first six games of this series between the Tampa Bay Lightning (53-27-3-5) and the Detroit Red Wings (46-27-5-10). That might strangely give the edge to the boys from Motown as they enter Game 7 down in the Sunshine State....
Back and forth the Washington Capitals (48-28-8-4) and the New York Islanders (50-30-2-6) have gone here in the first round of the playoffs. They'll do battle one last time with a date with the New York Rangers awaiting the winner of this do-or-die Game 7....
The Tampa Bay Lightning (52-27-3-5) have been pushed to the brink of elimination by the Detroit Red Wings (46-26-5-10). The boys from Motown can close things out if they can get another inspired effort from their net minder on Monday night....
After one of the most thrilling comebacks we have seen this postseason, the Tampa Bay Lightning (52-26-3-5) could be poised to take a 3-2 series lead over the Detroit Red Wings (45-26-5-10) on Saturday night....
We haven't seen Devan Dubnyk have to answer many questions for the Minnesota Wild (48-30-5-3) since joining the team.Whether he can rebound or not from a disaster of a Game 4 at home will determine whether or not his team will survive Game 5 against the St. Louis Blues (53-26-3-4)....
The Pittsburgh Penguins (44-29-7-6) were beaten in overtime on Wednesday night in Game 4 of their series against the New York Rangers (56-23-2-5).One has to wonder if they're ready to pack it in for the season mentally after that defeat....
The Ottawa Senators (44-27-8-7) managed to not get swept out of the first round of the playoffs.Unfortunately for them, that's probably as far as they'll get against the Montreal Canadiens (53-23-5-5) now that they have to go back to the Bell Centre on Friday night....
