With the Central Division Preview already up and running, this time around, we’ll turn our suddenly-aimless hockey attention to the other half of the Western Conference playoff picture: the Pacific Division. We’ve got two really easy-to-root-for matchups out farther west here.
The Match-Up: The Pacific winner and overall Western 2-seed takes on the top Wild Card Calgary Flames, who finished a mere 11 points behind them in the standings and 18 goals behind them in overall differential (ANA +23 to CGY +5). Head-to-head this season, the Ducks took four out of five games against Calgary, outscoring the Flames only 17-14 overall thanks to the Flames’ one victory being an 8-3 whooping.