The writers share our Conference Finals predictions as only 4 teams remain in the playoffs.
With the Conference Final round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs set to begin on Friday night, we at Matchsticks will be sending our third round picks in continuation of our playoff pool that we've had going this playoffs. We'll pick our series winner and games amount, coupled with some bonus questions for extra fun.
First though, here's an update of our Round 2 selections followed by our pool's standings.
| Matchsticks and Gasoline Writers Playoff Pool 2016 | ||||||
| Writer | FlamesMM | TraciKay | BizzleJ | markparkinson14 | jshanny14 | HockeyGoalieEh |
| Eastern | ||||||
| PIT vs WSH (6) | Penguins in 6 | Capitals in 6 | Capitals in 7 | Capitals in 7 | Capitals in 7 | Capitals in 6 |
| NYI vs TB (5) | Lightning in 7 | Islanders in 6 | Lightning in 6 | Islanders in 6 | Lightning in 6 | Islanders in 5 |
| Western | ||||||
| STLvs DAL (7) | Blues in 6 | Stars in 7 | Stars in 7 | Blues in 7 | Stars in 7 | Stars in 6 |
| NSH vs SJ (7) | Sharks in 5 | Sharks in 6 | Sharks in 6 | Sharks in 6 | Sharks in 6 | Sharks in 5 |
| Overtime Games | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Stanley Cup Favorite | St. | |||||