April 27, 2016

NHL Playoff Pick 'Em, Round 2: The second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs begins tonight at 7 p.m. EDT when the Islanders play the Lightning, even though the Predators and Ducks haven't finished their first-round series. The matchups are Stars vs. Blues, Islanders vs. Lightning, Capitals vs. Penguins, and Sharks vs. Predators or Ducks.

posted by rcade to hockey at 08:40 AM - 24 comments

Pick the four teams that will advance and the number of games each series will require. One extra point on winners for getting the number of games correct.

One point for picking one of the top three goal scorers in this round.

One point for picking the starting goalie with the best save percentage.

One point for picking the team with the best power play percentage.

One point for picking the team that scores the most goals per game.

Preliminary Standings After Round 1

Score
Ufez Jones8
billsaysthis8
tahoemoj8
tommytrump7
grum@work7
ic23b7
bender7
jagsnumberone6
NoMich6
MrFrisby6
rcade5
rumple5
cixelsyd5
Howard_T5
holden4
MeatSaber3

If you pick the Sharks vs. Predators/Ducks series before game 7 tonight, you can change it tomorrow based on the outcome and I'll update your picks accordingly.

Round 1 Results

Stars in 6

Blues in 7

Sharks in 5

Islanders in 6

Lightning in 5

Capitals in 6

Penguins in 5

Ducks and Predators to be determined

Top Western Conference scorers: 5: Pavelski, 4: Benn, Spezza, Pominville, Shaw, Tarasenko

Top Eastern scorers: 5: Tavares, 4: Kucherov, R. Smith

posted by rcade at 08:53 AM on April 27, 2016

*NHL*

St. Louis in 6

San Jose in 6

Washington in 6

Tampa in 6

Tarasenko

Elliott

Tampa

Tampa

posted by tommybiden at 09:11 AM on April 27, 2016

*NHL*

NHL, NFL, same thing right?

posted by rcade at 09:18 AM on April 27, 2016

Blues in 6
Ducks in 7
Capitals in 7 (and this will be a series people will talk about for a while)
Lightning in 6

Top Goal Scorer: S.Crosby
Save Percentage: B.Holtby
Power Play: Capitals
Top Scoring Team: Capitals

posted by grum@work at 09:21 AM on April 27, 2016

NHL, NFL, same thing right?

Because there aren't any Canadian teams involved? :)

posted by grum@work at 09:24 AM on April 27, 2016

Billsaysthis, Jagsnumberone: Your email addresses here bounce.

posted by rcade at 09:40 AM on April 27, 2016

EAST GAMES:
TBL in 6
PIT in 7

WEST GAMES:
STL in 7
SJS in 6

Top goal scorer: Nikita Kucherov (TBL)
Top save percentage: Ben Bishop (TBL)
Top PP percentage: Pittsburgh Penguins
Most goals/game: Tampa Bay Lightning

posted by NoMich at 10:19 AM on April 27, 2016

Wow...I suck...


Tampa Bay in 6
Washington in 7

Dallas in 6
San Jose in 6

Goal Scorer - Ovechkin
Save % - Bishop
Power Play % - Pittsburgh
Goal per Game - San Jose

posted by MeatSaber at 10:35 AM on April 27, 2016

St. Louis in 6

San Jose in 6

Washington in 6

Tampa in 6

Kucherov

Holtby

PP: Washington

Goals: Tampa

posted by cixelsyd at 10:44 AM on April 27, 2016

Stars in 7
Lightning in 6
Capitals in 6
Sharks in 5

Goal scorer: Ovechkin
Save percentage: Bishop
Top PP percentage: SJ Sharks
Most goals/game: Capitals

posted by billsaysthis at 10:54 AM on April 27, 2016

Stars in 6
Sharks in 6

Penguins in 7
Lightning in 6

Goal scorer: Benn
Save Pct.: Jones (SJS)
PP %: SJS
Goals/Game: Tampa

posted by tahoemoj at 11:59 AM on April 27, 2016

Stars in 6

Ducks in 7

Capitals in 5

Islanders in 6

Top Goal Scorer: Tarasenko

Save Percentage: Holtby

Power Play: Capitals

Top Scoring Team: Capitals

posted by rumple at 12:14 PM on April 27, 2016

Dallas in 6
San Jose in 6

Tampa in 6
Washington in 5

Ovechkin
Holtby
PP: Washington
Goals/Game: Dallas

posted by bender at 12:18 PM on April 27, 2016

Blues in 7
Islanders in 6
Capitals in 6
Sharks in 6

Scorer: Tarasenko
Goalie: Bishop
PP: Sharks
GPG: Caps

posted by holden at 12:43 PM on April 27, 2016

Blues in 6

Lighting in 6

Penguins in 7

Sharks in 7

Top goal scorer- Nikita Kucherov

Save Percentage- Ben Bishop

Team Power Play %- Capitals

Team most goal per game- Blues

posted by ic23b at 01:10 PM on April 27, 2016

Lightning in 6

Capitals in 6

Stars in 7

Sharks in 5

Scorer: Benn

Goalie: Bishop

Power play: Stars

Goals per game: Capitals

posted by rcade at 01:26 PM on April 27, 2016

Capitals in 5
Lightning in 7
Blues in 7
Sharks in 6

Top goal scorer: Pavelski
Save %: Holtby
PP%: Sharks
Goals/game: Lightning

posted by MrFrisby at 01:47 PM on April 27, 2016

This stupid game with a rubber disc is strange. The one with the big brown ball is easier to pick.

Tampa Bay in 5
Washington in 5
Dallas in 6
San Jose in 6 No need to change this one. It will hold no matter the opponent.

Top goal scorer: Ovechkin (Sooner or later he will break loose.)
Save %: Holtby
Power play percentage: Washington
Most goals per game: Dallas

posted by Howard_T at 04:03 PM on April 27, 2016

Islanders in 7
Capitals in 6
Stars in 7
Sharks in 6

Goal Scorer: Spezza
Save %: Ben Bishop
PP%: Dallas
Goals per game: Capitals

posted by Ufez Jones at 05:16 PM on April 27, 2016

rcade. Not sure which email is "bouncing" but my main email address (for any future needs) is jagsnumberone@live.com

Sucks that I didn't get this before the first game, but if I'm still allowed to put in my picks, here they are (For full disclosure, the Isles are my team, and have been since they drafted Bossy and Trottier--I can show my Facebook page if there's any doubts)

Islanders in 6 (Just like I pick the Jags no matter what, I pick the Isles no matter what/lol)
Capitals in 5
Stars in 7
Sharks in 6

Goal scorer: Jamie Benn
Save %: Holtby
PP%:Stars
Goals per game: Stars

posted by jagsnumberone at 01:48 AM on April 28, 2016

I'm switching my pick from the Ducks to Sharks in 7.

posted by grum@work at 06:49 AM on April 28, 2016

Looks like grum and Ufez get another two points. I get one more and that moves me ahead of No'Mish, which is nice.

posted by MrFrisby at 09:45 AM on April 28, 2016

I would like to take Nashville in 7.

posted by bender at 09:56 AM on April 28, 2016

I'll take Preds in 7 now please.

posted by rumple at 03:14 PM on April 28, 2016

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