Paul Stastny, who recently passed 1,000 career games, has 29 points in 55 games playing in a variety of roles. Click here for the upcoming schedule and to learn how to subscribe. In 2021, ESPN Men's Tournament Challenge collected 16.2 million brackets, surpassing 16 million for the fourth consecutive year. Tragic number: E, Points: 48 Tragic number: N/A, Points: 60 Their line has a 50.34% expected goals percentage. 3 Minnesota Wild. Defense: It has not been the smoothest transition for Alex Pietrangelo. Edmonton's Dave Tippett is 18th in career wins and deserves credit for helping the Oilers improve defensively this season. Advantage: Even, Special teams: The Avalanche have the eighth-best power play in the NHL (22.7%) and the eighth-best penalty kill (83.1%). The Oilers captain is a clear-cut No. In the North Division, the Montreal Canadiens can move closer to punching their playoff ticket with a win in their contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs. In 35 games this season, the trio had a 64.9% expected goals percentage. Riley Nash, Alex Kerfoot and Ilya Mikheyev are one depth line; the other features more than 3,800 combined games in the NHL, with Joe Thornton, Jason Spezza and Wayne Simmonds all chasing their first Stanley Cup. Gretzky. Stream NHL Hockey live on ESPN+ | ESPN+ Stream live NHL games all season on ESPN+ and get access to exclusive originals, daily highlights with In the Crease, Stanley Cup archives, and. Advantage: Toronto, Goaltending: The Leafs just got Frederik Andersen back from injury. You can also test out your skills by picking all the NCAA tournament games and more via the ESPN Streak game, where you can compete for $5,000 in guaranteed prizes each month. Regulation wins: 23 Fill out your bracket and compete against friends, ESPN personalities and celebrities for your shot at $100,000 in prizes. Paired with Joel Edmundson, he could be a Norris Trophy contender. Advantage: Boston, Coaching: Peter Laviolette and Bruce Cassidy are two of the best in the game. Nashville's penalty kill is third worst in the league (75.4%), so this is a mismatch. With the NHL in its offseason, your friends at ESPN decided it was time to determine the greatest of all the NHL's oddest and most glorious player names. Playoff position: N2 Joe Lunardi breaks down North Carolina's rsum and how the Tar Heels can earn a berth to the NCAA tournament. Tragic number: N/A, Points: 73 Full list of all 224 picks Advanced stats are from Hockey Reference, Natural Stat Trick and Evolving Hockey. Washington's forward depth, overall, is stronger than Boston's. Next game: @ PIT (May 8) Make sure to tune-in and watch who will. 2; Nedeljkovic might even be Carolina's No. 1 option. Dominique Ducharme replaced Claude Julien after 18 games, and managed to sneak the Canadiens into the playoffs despite several injuries down the stretch. The Blues have the sixth-best power-play (23.2%) -- Perron had 21 power-play points -- but their penalty kill was just 25th in the league (77.8%). The 2018 Hart Trophy winner helped Boston supplement its forward depth, scoring eight goals in 16 games, which is more than he had in 37 games with the Sabres. ESPN Insider's Bracket Predictor helps you evaluate each of the 63 games and imports your picks directly into ESPN's Tournament Challenge. Advantage: New York, Coaching: This matchup pits two of the best bench bosses in the game against each other. Playoff position: W3 Barzal and Eberle are solid but can't keep up with the production of Pittsburgh's trio. Florida is in better shape. David Savard hasn't yet made the impact Tampa Bay had hoped, but he was acquired to make a difference in the playoffs, and he still can (and has the experience). Women's Champ Week predictions: Which teams will win the auto bids in all 32 conferences? He has had linemates ranging from Dominik Kahun and Jesse Puljujarvi (an effective 61.8% expected goals percentage) to Leon Draisaitl to Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to Kailer Yamamoto. More: Check out the full NHL postseason schedule here. Forward depth: John Tavares and William Nylander hold down the second line for Toronto, with trade deadline addition Nick Foligno joining them. Who will win each 2023 conference tournament? Nico Sturm, Nick Bjugstad and veteran center Nick Bonino are in the mix, as is veteran winger Marcus Johansson. Note: Emily Kaplan previewed the East and Central, while Greg Wyshynski did the honors for the North and West. Speaking of inexperience, the Caps' tandem is two youngsters: Ilya Samsonov and Vitek Vanecek. Games left: 1 can. 2 Edmonton Oilers vs. No. Zach Bogosian last played on April 22, and the prognosis was he would return in four weeks with a shoulder injury; we're coming up on that benchmark. Games left: 3 Advantage: Tampa Bay, Forward depth: When the Lightning won the Stanley Cup last year, they were lauded for their trade deadline acquisitions of Blake Coleman and Barclay Goodrow. Welcome to the 2021 men's basketball Tournament Challenge. Jeff Petry was a revelation for Montreal this season, with 42 points in his first 55 games, skating 22:44 per game on average. They're as good as it gets. The Predators shouldn't be discounted, but we need to look at this matchup for what it is: a fringe playoff team versus a deep and talented squad that has looked strong all season and captured the division crown from the defending Stanley Cup champions. They're praying the same thing doesn't happen this postseason, as Jonas Johansson and Devan Dubnyk are the alternatives. Who will win each 2023 conference tournament? Playoff position: N/A How do you want to fill out your bracket? Looking ahead, Hall is eager to see how the Bracket Challenge can evolve when new broadcast partners ESPN and Turner Sports come on board, starting in the 2021-22 season. Laviolette has the Stanley Cup (with the Hurricanes, in 2006), but Cassidy has familiarity with his team. The Stanley Cup is something that sets the National Hockey League apart from other sports. He took the Knights to the conference finals in 2020 after taking over for Gerard Gallant, but this is his first full season with Vegas. (Spoiler: He does, as he should.) NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? Sullivan did a wonderful job with the injury-riddled Penguins this season, but given that Pittsburgh has won only one postseason game over the past two years, the edge goes to Trotz. 12-year-old Sam Holtz, a Notre Dame fan, said that he didn't watc The Penguins say they'll be fine for the postseason, but it's still something to monitor. Patrik Nemeth and Conor Timmins round out the group. I think they push the Knights to the brink, but Vegas has the experience and the goaltending to get by them. Another night, another playoff spot clinched as we officially welcome the St. Louis Blues to the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs. Jake Muzzin and Justin Holl continued their strong play that began last season. Advantage: Colorado, Goaltending: When Philipp Grubauer left Game 1 against the Dallas Stars last postseason, the Avs' Stanley Cup hopes left with him. But credit's hard to find when everyone thinks you just put some McDavid and Draisaitl on anything that ails the team. Thirty-two NCAA Division I men's basketball conferences will crown champions over a nine-day stretch that begins Saturday, March 4, with the Ohio Valley Conference tournament final and comes to an . Valeri Nichushkin and J.T. Colton Parayko played through injuries this season, and his current pairing with Marco Scandella has an expected goals percentage of 43.5%. Here are our expert picks for the winners of all of the 2022-23 men's college basketball . Games left: 3 The first two rounds of the 2021 playoffs will be intradivisional. Playoff chances: 0% Users can have up to 25 brackets per person (no limit) by default but the limit for each group can be set to. Welcome to the bracket challenge. 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You only need 5 minutes to fill out your bracket and then compete against friends, family, and other fans. While the Penguins' speed could present challenges for New York -- as it did in the regular season -- the Islanders' defensive structure thrives at this time of year. | Tragic number: N/A, Points: 73 Nor as talented. 1 pairing in Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock. On the second pairing, Brett Pesce has quietly been outstanding for the Canes, with nearly the same expected goals for percentage at 5-on-5 as Hamilton. Sportsnet reported Hedman (lower body injury) is putting off surgery until the offseason. Kucherov should probably slide back to the top line with Ondrej Palat and Brayden Point, a trio that was dynamite in last year's playoffs, combining for 85 points in 25 games. Malkin returned to get four regular-season games in (and notched four assists). While we accepted nicknames based on first names, we did not include players known by their nicknames. It is more surprising to see the Penguins' duo of Tristan Jarry and Casey DeSmith ranking sixth in the same category (.925). Forward depth: The Avs' second line features Nazem Kadri flanked by Andre Burakovsky and either Joonas Donskoi or Brandon Saad, the latter of whom is working back from a lower-body injury. 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North: TOR-MTL | EDM-WPG Ivan Barbashev and Kyle Clifford are among the options in the lineup. Next game: @ CHI (May 9) Click here for the upcoming schedule and to learn how to subscribe. Advantage: Pittsburgh, Special teams: The Penguins have a top-five power play (23.7%), while the Islanders are 21st (18.8%). McDonagh and Palat are also nursing injuries, while Jan Rutta is on injured reserve. Next game: @ SJ (May 8) Advantage: Toronto, Health: The Leafs should get Hyman, Foligno and Nash back for the start of the playoffs. If not, the other option is Jake Allen, who outplayed Price in the regular season but is only 28th in goals saved above average. Play Tournament Challenge The past few years have spoiled us with an exuberance of blue-chip talent . But Jon Cooper is one of the best in the game right now, the man Canada is likely to tap as its 2022 Olympic coach. Playoff chances: 100% In this case it would be (77 - 67). He went to the Stanley Cup Final with the Sharks in his first full season in San Jose. Catch NHL games streaming live every night (and on replay) this season on ESPN+. The defensive defenseman's pairing with Morgan Rielly has a 56.1% expected goals percentage this season. Regulation wins: 16 Defense: Like Toffoli with the Canadiens, T.J. Brodie was one of the most impactful signings of the offseason for the Leafs. With Teravainen -- who had three goals in his first five games back -- they're even stronger. Games left: 4 Regulation wins: 16 Bennett's arrival slid players down the lineup and only strengthened the bottom six (which has some decent players, including Nikita Gusev, whose performance has improved after a forgettable stint in New Jersey). 3. Playoff chances: 0% Compete against friends, ESPN personalities and celebrities to see who finishes with the best bracket. Advantage: Even, Goaltending: Marc-Andre Fleury was the Golden Knights' most important player this season, leading the NHL in goals saved above average (27.7) and giving them a remarkable .722 quality starts ratio in his 36 appearances. (Especially Sanford, whose offensive numbers dipped from last season.) Entries Per User The amount of brackets each member is allowed to enter into your group. (But not adjusted for division, detractors will say.) Who will win each 2023 conference tournament? Next game: @ TOR (May 8) He posted a .913 save percentage in the 2021 season but was limited to only 24 games because of injury. They're a very good team and capable of the upset. David Rittich, acquired from Calgary at the trade deadline, is insurance. Once the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoff First Round matchups have been set, hockey fans around the world can begin creating and submitting brackets outlining their predictions for each playoff series online or via the NHL app. 4 St. Louis Blues More: Check out the full NHL postseason schedule here. But Tampa Bay has already been through its growing pains; its time is now. A lot can change in two seasons: If the Blues fall here, could he be on the hot seat? Games left: 1 Select the teams you think will win each tournament game from the first round all the way through the championship game. Advantage: Toronto. Sizing up the player of the year winners in all 32 Division I men's conferences. | Use the NFL Playoff Machine from ESPN to predict the NFL Playoff matchups by generating the various matchup scenarios based on your selections. The Canadiens have the 19th-best power play (19.3%) and the 18th-best penalty kill (79.3%). The NHL uses a draft lottery to determine the order at the top of the first round, so the team that finishes in last place is not guaranteed the No. Every postseason for Toronto centers around the new and exciting ways it's going to blow it -- this is a team that hasn't won a playoff series since 2004. Forward Jonathan Drouin remains out of the lineup for personal reasons, with no determination on his return. Advantage: Toronto. Ovechkin had been nursing a lower-body injury toward the end of the season but should be OK for the playoffs. If so, that's an enormous lift for the Jets -- he had eight points in seven games against the Oilers this season. Rod Brind'Amour is a favorite to win the Jack Adams as Coach of the Year in 2021, as he had the Canes operating on a high level for the entire season. Playoff chances: 0% While not as dominant as they once were, with a 53.4% expected goals at 5-on-5 this season, they can still be a force. Tragic number: 3, Points: 78 ET for the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket Challenge presented by . Fans can submit up to 25 brackets and join up to 10 groups each for the men's tournament at ESPN.com/bracket and the women's tournament at ESPN.com/tcwomen, The Maple Leafs' top line has a generational goal-scoring savant. Advantage: Edmonton, Goaltending: Connor Hellebuyck won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender last season, and has once again carried the defensive load for the Jets. Privacy Policy 1 selection. And bear in mind that while Tampa expects Kucherov back, he hasn't played in a game since last summer. ET (TNT) Game 4: Sunday, May 8 at 4:30 p.m. Adam Larsson has been a mainstay on the second pairing, playing with Kris Russell, Caleb Jones and Dmitry Kulikov at different times this season. Who will win each 2023 conference tournament? There are other aspects to this matchup that are intriguing for the Jets: Dubois following up a near star-making performance while with Columbus in the postseason bubble last summer, or Hellebuyck maybe stealing a game or two. When McAvoy was on the ice against Ovechkin at 5-on-5, the Bruins outscored Washington 5-0 and had a plus-12 edge in shot attempts. Charlie Coyle missed the final four games with an upper-body injury, but Cassidy said he should be cleared for Game 1. His status is unknown. Tanner Jeannot, Mathieu Olivier, Eeli Tolvanen and Yakov Trenin have proved that the Preds do have some talent in the pipeline, but they're just not as seasoned as Carolina's group. O'Reilly and Perron were the leading scorers for the Blues, and no one else was close. Playoff chances: 100% Advantage: Colorado, Coaching: Jared Bednar is one of the most underrated coaches in the NHL. No. Regulation wins: 17 The NHL is running its Bracket Challenge again, so we created a Chowder Challenge for all of you fine people to join. Verhaeghe (upper body injury) missed 13 games but got a regular-season game in before the playoffs. The Wild have played the Golden Knights very tough. This season, they're rolling at 66.0% expected goals percentage at 5-on-5, earning 68.0% of the shot attempts as well. Central: CAR-NSH | FLA-TB Advantage: Even. Playoff position: C4 Games left: 2 The Predators have finally inserted young players into the lineup. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? No. Modern international region, with players from outside of North American who were active for NHL franchises in the past dozen years. Next game: vs. NYR (May 8) The Panthers were one of the best stories of the 2021 season, and have all the right pieces in place to have sustained success. Next game: vs. BUF (May 8) First line: Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen: a trio that has proved, over multiple seasons, that it's perhaps the best line in the NHL. Advantage: Even. Even if he isn't, it would take Binnington stealing this series against Colorado as emphatically as he lost the Blues the series against Vancouver last postseason. Playoff position: N/A Advantage: Vegas, Health: Pacioretty, Martinez, Nosek and Reaves all missed time down the stretch for Vegas, but all should play in the first round. Carter Verhaeghe and Anthony Duclair likely flank Barkov. Playoff position: N/A Playoff chances: 0% It's a group that's been effective in the past, but has struggled to produce offense this season. The opposite happened with the trade for Eric Staal, who had three points in his first 21 games in Montreal. It can't be stressed enough how important Gallagher is to this team: They were 17-9-9 with him and 7-11-0 without him. Tragic number: N/A, Points: 57 At risk of incurring another analytics rant from coach Paul Maurice, Wheeler has been sub-replacement (negative-2.6 goals scored above average) level this season. Regulation wins: 31 Did we mention it's completely free to play, and that you can win $100,000 in each game? In Virginia Tech's final seven games, six of which . You'll get points for each game you pick correctly, with the points increasing during each round of the tournament. These are memorable names because these are legendary players. 1 -- and then the debates begin. The Lightning's penalty kill is marginally better than the Panthers' (84.2% versus 79.8%). Bear saw time with Nurse this season too. While the Blues are locked into the No. Next game: @ NYI (May 8) The winners of those series will square off in the Stanley Cup Final. The Oilers' top line is tougher to define, except to say that "it's the one with Connor McDavid." Interest-Based Ads May 3, 2021. Oh, and he led nearly this exact group to a Stanley Cup last year. 4 spot in the West Division. No. 4 Montreal Canadiens Regulation wins: 15 First line: The Capitals trot out Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom on their top line. Games left: 3 Advantage: Even, Health: Boston had to shuffle its lineup quite a bit this season due to injuries and COVID-19 absences. More NHL and draft content, NHL Playoff Watch Daily: What's at stake on Saturday, Wyshynski's NHL trade deadline tiers: From elite game-changers to bargain beauties, NHL trade deadline guides for all 32 teams: Players, picks in play, cap space, team status. Playoff position: N4 2 Edmonton Oilers vs. No. NHL playoff bracket 2022: Full schedule, TV channels, scores for postseason | Sporting News Canada -156 BUF -175 LAK -127 Thu, 7:30p CAR DET CHI 2/26, 11:00a NYI WIN 2/26, 12:30p LAK NYR 2/26,. NFL; NBA; NHL; NCAAM; NCAAW; Also, Jarry has played in only one career postseason game, while DeSmith has zero. Not only because it's the rare championship trophy from which you can drink, but also because the names of those who won it are etched along its rings, forged into hockey history. Your US State Privacy Rights Tragic number: E, Points: 47 North: TOR-MTL | EDM-WPG Games left: 2 Terms of Use Regulation wins: 11 About Nielsen Measurement. On paper, the Lightning should have a big edge, but injuries are a concern for two of their top defensemen, Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonagh. The Jets have the NHL's sixth-best power play (23.1%) and its 14th-best penalty kill (80.3%). No. Winnipeg's Maurice is sixth in career wins and has done a solid job with a team that has had its share of change and challenges. Andrei Vasilevskiy looks like he will win his second Vezina Trophy in three seasons (he has finished as a finalist in each of the past four seasons) after going 31-10-1 with a .925 save percentage. Fill out your bracket and compete against friends, ESPN personalities and celebrities for your shot at. Points: 59 After the NHL staged a 24-team, bubble-based tournament to determine the Stanley Cup winner in 2020, we're back to a more traditional 16-team event in 2021 -- with a significant twist. Initial registration for the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoff Bracket Challenge is now open at NHL.com/Bracket. Shea Theodore, who has also played with Pietrangelo, has been paired with Brayden McNabb. The NHL uses a draft lottery to determine the order at the top of the first round, so the team that finishes in last place is not guaranteed the No. The Penguins are bottom-six in penalty kill (77.4%), which is where the Isles thrive, finishing in the top six (83.7%). Regulation wins: 25 4 and No. ET (ESPN) Game 2: Wednesday, May 4 at 9:30 p.m. Follow along here with our updated tracker. Picking the Wild here isn't misguided. 3 Los Angeles Kings (Edmonton . Advertisement. Nurse in particular has had a great two-way season, and was in the Norris Trophy conversation. Regulation wins: 20 | Your US State Privacy Rights This exclusive ESPN+ tool gives you bracket advice, with stats to help you make more informed picks for every game. Meanwhile, Cassidy has been coaching this group since 2016, including 55 playoff games and a trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 2019. The player in the contest with the most points in their bracket at the end of the tourney gets a guaranteed grand prize of $1 million! scores. The Penguins have a solid defense, but not quite as strong as New York's. Their penalty kill (10th, 82.2%) isn't bad either. Race for the No. Series pick: Jets in seven. Let's take an in-depth look at each first-round matchup and make our picks for which teams will advance. Playoff position: E2 Playoff position: N/A The 2021 NHL Stanley Cup playoff field is set. That means the four divisions the. 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