NHL Playoffs
Round 1 Preview
Eastern Conference
(1) Pittsburgh Penguins (50-27-5)
vs.
(8) New York Rangers (41-34-7)
Key Stats
Pittsburgh led NHL with 282 Goals with six 20 goal scorers
The Rangers had four 20 goal scorers and were outscored 248-247
Season Leaders
Bure PIT (51-48) 99
Jagr NYR (50-43) 93
Crosby PIT (45-35) 80
Gomez NYR (16-63) 79
Naslund NYR (22-41) 63
Malkin PIT (44-18) 62
Shannahan NYR (40-22)62
Prediction
Pens In 6
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(2) Washington Capitals (47-31-4)
vs.
(7) Boston Bruins (41-32-9)
Key Stats
Caps allowed most goals in Eastern Conference (257)
Bruins allowed just 218 goals
Season Leaders
Ovechkin (49-54) 103
Bergeron (47-47) 94
Savard (42-42) 84
Fedorov (45-38) 83
Backstrom (14-54) 68
Semin (35-32) 67
Sturm (26-36) 62
Green (14-47) 61
Prediction
Washington In 7
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(3) Ottawa Senators (44-32-6)
vs.
(6) Atlanta Thrashers (45-33-4)
Key Stats
Ottawa allowed just 215 goals
Atlanta outscored 238-237
Season Leaders
Kovalchuk (73-27) 100
Heatley (51-41) 92
Spezza (19-69) 88
Alfredson (36-44) 80
White (15-52) 67
Prediction
Ottawa In 7
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(4) New Jersey Devils (47-32-3)
vs.
(5) Florida Panthers (46-31-5)
Key Stats
Devils allowed second fewest goals in NHL (200)
Panthers Outscored opponents 237-224
Season Leaders
Elias (36-64) 100
Jokinen (39-50) 89
Dvorak (14-62) 76
Gionta (38-36) 74
Parise (34-37) 71
Olesz (10-58) 68
Horton (42-23) 65
Zubrus (25-36) 61
Weiss (22-39) 61
Martin (9-52) 61
Prediction
Devils In 6