Next game: @ FLA (May 8) Nashville's penalty kill is third worst in the league (75.4%), so this is a mismatch. Next game: @ MIN (May 8) Next game: vs. NJ (May 8) Advantage: New York, Goaltending: The Islanders' tandem of Semyon Varlamov and Ilya Sorokin have the third-best 5-on-5 save percentage in the league (.931), which is about what you'd expect from a team coached by Barry Trotz and Mitch Korn. Fill out 25 brackets to compete for more cash! Meet the next wave of top picks 1 pick. For the Blues, Tarasenko, Dunn and forward Sammy Blais are all skating as they return from their respective injuries. The 2021 NHL Stanley Cup playoff field is set. Central: CAR-NSH | FLA-TB Josh Anderson and Corey Perry chip in offensively -- Anderson, a key offseason pickup, is a negative-3.1 goals scored above average. Advantage: Toronto. Regulation wins: 15 Play Tournament Challenge Second Chance. Click here for the upcoming schedule and to learn how to subscribe. Pierre-Luc Dubois, acquired from Columbus for Patrik Laine earlier this season, had 20 points in 40 games. Plus, which teams are best set up for the future with a strong young group? 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. 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). 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. NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket Challenge Brackets are closed for the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket Challenge Sign in to check your scores. Advantage: Colorado, Health: MacKinnon's health is the biggest issue facing the Avalanche. The Penguins have scored 3.25 goals per game against New York this season, much better than most teams. 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,. You'll get points for each game you pick correctly, with the points increasing during each round of the tournament. Playoff position: N3 Washington's penalty kill is also very good, ranking fifth in the league. 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. The B's are on pace for NHL records in wins and points, along with some individual superlatives as well. See Official Rules for full details. ET (TBS) Game 4: Sunday, May 8 at 7 p.m. Patrik Nemeth and Conor Timmins round out the group. Playoff position: C1 3 St. Louis Blues (St. Louis wins 4-2) No. And the Jayhawks did it unlikely. Playoff position: N/A ESPN's Tournament Challenge is back, giving you the chance to fill out up to 10 brackets and compete against friends, family, coworkers, professional athletes and celebrities for bracket glory. Regulation wins: 27 Mathew Barzal and Jordan Eberle have seen a rotating cast of wingers, with Barry Trotz turning to Leo Komarov often. Get the latest NHL hockey news, scores, stats, standings, fantasy games, and more from ESPN. 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. ET for the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket Challenge presented by . Fill out your bracket and compete against friends, ESPN personalities and celebrities for your shot at $100,000 in prizes. We look at six teams and how they could plan to approach Friday's trade deadline. 2 Minnesota Wild vs. No. First line: Florida's top line is all about Aleksander Barkov, one of the best two-way players in the game -- but really, just one of the best players in this game. The Boston Bruins are two points back of Washington and four points back of Pittsburgh, but have three games remaining, the first of which is at 3 p.m. 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. If you score the most points, you'll have a chance to win the grand prize: a trip for two to Hawaii for the 2021 Maui Jim Maui Invitational and a $10,000 Amazon.com gift card.*. Notice that we didn't say "starter" Frederik Andersen, as Jack Campbell went 17-2-2 with a .923 save percentage to potentially take the crease for the postseason. Advantage: New York, Coaching: This matchup pits two of the best bench bosses in the game against each other. The Jets have the NHL's sixth-best power play (23.1%) and its 14th-best penalty kill (80.3%). Oh, and he led nearly this exact group to a Stanley Cup last year. The Wild have played the Golden Knights very tough. This exclusive ESPN+ tool gives you bracket advice, with stats to help you make more informed picks for every game. 3. Regulation wins: 28 (Especially Sanford, whose offensive numbers dipped from last season.) 329m goal: Felix the only men's contender for Chelsea's Goal of the Month, UFC 285's Shevchenko by the numbers: It all adds up to domination, A battle for No. Tragic number: E, Points: 74 In Virginia Tech's final seven games, six of which . Advanced stats are from Hockey Reference, Natural Stat Trick and Evolving Hockey. You only need 5 minutes to fill out your bracket and then compete against friends, family, and other fans. Joe Lunardi provides his latest Bracket Math update, looking at where every team in the NCAA tournament mix stands right now. Sizing up the player of the year winners in all 32 Division I men's conferences. Fill out your bracket and compete against friends, ESPN personalities and celebrities for your shot at. Games left: 5 Click here for the upcoming schedule and to learn how to subscribe. Playoff position: E4 The Blues earned one point for their overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights, and with the Los Angeles Kings' regulation loss to the Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis is now locked in to the No. Advantage: Pittsburgh, Defense: The Islanders are known for their defensive structure -- often playing in low-scoring games, with forwards always coming back to help on the backcheck -- but they also have a true No. More: Check out the full NHL postseason schedule here. Advantage: Tampa Bay. 1 at this point. Catch NHL games streaming live every night (and on replay) this season on ESPN+. 4 and No. ET today against the New York Rangers. With the NHL playing in a four-division format this year for the regular season, the playoffs for the first two rounds, anyway will be intra-division. The Predators have finally inserted young players into the lineup. Barry Trotz and Mike Sullivan are Stanley Cup winners, though Trotz has had more recent success, winning the Stanley Cup in 2018 (with the Capitals), earning the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year in 2019 and taking the Isles deep in the bubble last summer. Veterans Jared Spurgeon and Ryan Suter join with Jonas Brodin and Matt Dumba to make up the top two pairings. Playoff position: N/A Pick the correct champion for a chance to. Tragic number: E, Points: 48 ET (TNT) Game 4: Sunday, May 8 at 4:30 p.m. Games left: 4 3 Boston Bruins, No. A lot can change in two seasons: If the Blues fall here, could he be on the hot seat? Washington defenseman Michal Kempny, a regular defenseman, is out for the season. 1 too. Catch up on all the deals made -- and potential ones to come. Advantage: Vegas. The Golden Knights were 22nd in the NHL (17.8%), while the Wild were right behind them at 24th (17.6%). Take out his first season in Colorado, when he was an emergency hire after Patrick Roy left, and he has a 162-93-35 record. To mark the ninth straight year of the Bracket Challenge, the NHL is introducing two new exciting elements to the program. Defense: It has not been the smoothest transition for Alex Pietrangelo. Next game: vs. VAN (May 8) Playoff chances: 0% Tragic number: E, Points: 55 Playoff position: W1 Interest-Based Ads 4 Nashville Predators Games left: 4 If not, the other option is Jake Allen, who outplayed Price in the regular season but is only 28th in goals saved above average. Playoff chances: 100% Veteran defenseman Erik Johnson could return later this postseason. In 2021, ESPN Men's Tournament Challenge collected 16.2 million brackets, surpassing 16 million for the fourth consecutive year. It is more surprising to see the Penguins' duo of Tristan Jarry and Casey DeSmith ranking sixth in the same category (.925). Interest-Based Ads The Panthers created a "goaltending excellence department" this season, headed by Roberto Luongo, and have seen 26-year-old Chris Driedger totally overachieve. He'll have to be good, as rookie Kaapo Kahkonen couldn't build on a promising start, and really struggled down the stretch. Games left: 1 Nashville boasts a top four featuring Mattias Ekholm, Ryan Ellis and reigning Norris Trophy winner Roman Josi. Florida at Washington, Saturday, 1 (ESPN/BSF); . They could use Vince Dunn, who's out with an upper-body injury. Pacioretty led the Knights with 24 goals this season.The Wild's top line has featured rookie of the year favorite Kirill Kaprizov (51 points in 55 games) paired with winger Mats Zuccarello. ACC. . Regulation wins: 12 Tragic number: E, No. Regulation wins: 25 NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? Wheeler, who reportedly played through a rib injury earlier this season, in particular, has struggled. 1 Regulation wins: 16 He went to the Stanley Cup Final with the Devils in his first full season in New Jersey. For the third straight season, Hellebuyck led the NHL in shots faced and saves made. Manage Privacy Preferences, Locked - Brackets may leave/join group only before the Round of 64 begins. Forward depth: Since the franchise's first season, the trio of Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith and William Karlsson have been a mainstay. It's going to be a treat watching it operate against Washington's usually potent power play -- where Oshie and Ovechkin have combined for 22 power-play goals -- which is third in the league at 24.8%. Playoff chances: 100% 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. That means the four divisions the. Who will win each 2023 conference tournament? The towering Shea Weber, who was a frequent partner of Ben Chiarot, had his production slip this season. 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). Playoff position: N/A Vasilevskiy can be a workhorse, and he will be. Playoff chances: 0% A five-game series win over the kind of team that would normally upset the Maple Leafs would be a declarative statement that this time, things are different. Games left: 3 How will the matchups play out? 1 pick, Points: 75 Compete against friends, ESPN personalities and celebrities to see who finishes with the best bracket. Advantage: Edmonton. An old, reliable trio that can produce offense but has been rolled defensively at 5-on-5 this season, giving up over 3.5 goals per 60 minutes of 5-on-5 ice time. 3 Florida Panthers, No. Playoff position: N2 ET, while the Women's Tournament Challenge brackets will be open on Monday, March 15, at 8 p.m. The 2021 bracket contest marks the fifth occurrence of Buffett's challenge, with the 2020 NCAA Tournament having been wiped out due to COVID-19. Pittsburgh has been buoyed by surprise performances from Mike Matheson and especially Cody Ceci. ESPN's Tournament Challenge is back for the 2023 NCAA College Basketball Tournament! 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 ESPN Men's Tournament Challenge brackets will be available Sunday, March 14, at 7 p.m. ESPN Insider's Bracket Predictor helps you evaluate each of the 63 games and imports your picks directly into ESPN's Tournament Challenge. Complete your bracket by selecting the winner for each game of the 2023 men's NCAA tournament. Then MacKenzie Weegar stepped up, showing he can play as a true No. 32 NFL players who could change teams this offseason, What NBA Finals runs from LeBron, Giannis can teach Jayson Tatum. How do you want to fill out your bracket? 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. 1 selection. Games left: 1 Advantage: Even, Special teams: The Bruins had the second-best penalty kill in the league this season, operating at 86%. The defensive defenseman's pairing with Morgan Rielly has a 56.1% expected goals percentage this season. Already an ESPN+ subscriber? Sizing up the player of the year winners in all 32 Division I men's conferences. Games left: 2 Advantage: Carolina, Health: Viktor Arvidsson missed the final five games of the season, though Nashville lists him as "day-to-day" with an upper-body injury. If he stumbles, the Bruins will turn to 22-year-old rookie Jeremy Swayman, who earned the backup role with a .945 save percentage and two shutouts in 10 starts. Paul Byron, Artturi Lehkonen, Michael Frolik and Jake Evans play their roles. Next game: @ CHI (May 9) The idle Calgary Flames will be hoping for a regulation win for the Maple Leafs, while the Vancouver Canucks must win their game against the Edmonton Oilers tonight to keep their hopes alive. Next game: @ NYI (May 8) Advantage: Colorado, Goaltending: When Philipp Grubauer left Game 1 against the Dallas Stars last postseason, the Avs' Stanley Cup hopes left with him. Advantage: Carolina. ESPN's Tournament Challenge is back for the 2023 NCAA College Basketball Tournament! Playoff position: N/A 2 Tampa Bay Lightning vs. No. Race for No. Welcome to the bracket challenge. | Log in here. Next game: @ EDM (May 8) Ethan Bear and William Lagesson are also in the mix. Fill out your bracket and compete against friends, ESPN personalities and celebrities for your shot at $100,000 in prizes. Deadline decisions: What will Avs, Kraken and others do? 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! The Women's Bracket Challenge final game is scheduled for April 2, 2023, while the Men's is scheduled for April 3, 2023. After starting every game in the 2020 bubble, Juuse Saros had 14 more starts than Pekka Rinne this season. The national champion for the 2021-22 college basketball season was crowned Monday with Kansas cutting down the nets at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. NHL execs identify the top prospects Montreal's lineup got a boost from star prospect winger Cole Caufield. Tragic number: E, Points: 47 Playoff chances: 0% Advantage: Even, Special teams: The Maple Leafs had the 16th-best power play in the NHL (20.3%) and the 24th-best penalty kill (77.7%) through 54 games. 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, There's not much dropoff on New York's middle lines, as they all play with a similar identity. 3. Follow along here with our updated tracker. Jump ahead: Assuming Kucherov is fully healthy and as dynamic as usual, the Lightning should have the edge here. That could result in some dream matchups for the Cup -- Bruins-Maple Leafs anyone? Advantage: Edmonton. In his absence, his regular linemates Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov posted a 56.00% expected goals for percentage. He has also recently taken this team on a run to the Eastern Conference finals in 2019. 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. Series pick: Lightning in seven. 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. Playoff position: N/A In 35 games this season, the trio had a 64.9% expected goals percentage. Playoff position: W2 1 taking on No. ; Pick the correct champion for a chance to win a share of $50,000 in prizes!Fill out 25 brackets to compete for more cash! Games left: 4 Full list of all 224 picks NEW YORK/TORONTO -- "Bracketology" marks its return to the NHL when early registration opens tonight at 7 p.m. So, to paraphrase "The Simpsons," whenever McDavid and Draisaitl aren't on the ice, all the other players should be asking "Where are McDavid and Draisaitl?" This will be quick if MacKinnon is OK. 4 Montreal Canadiens Obviously, we're trying to make a bracket for all to see, so we kept it family friendly, in case you were looking for some notorious names. But the Penguins still have more punch throughout their lines, including enviable center depth with Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Jeff Carter and Teddy Blueger down the middle. Tragic number: N/A, Make picks throughout the postseason for a chance at $14,000 in prizes. One reason to root for every team and driver in 2023. 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. The other is Mattias Janmark, who has one goal in 15 games since coming over at the trade deadline, but hasn't played poorly. Gretzky. Regulation wins: 30 329m goal: Felix the only men's contender for Chelsea's Goal of the Month, UFC 285's Shevchenko by the numbers: It all adds up to domination, A battle for No. Advantage: Vegas, Health: Pacioretty, Martinez, Nosek and Reaves all missed time down the stretch for Vegas, but all should play in the first round. If so, that's an enormous lift for the Jets -- he had eight points in seven games against the Oilers this season. Make Your Picks, Defense: In a season when the Bruins' defense was supposed to regress -- thanks to significant turnover -- it didn't really. Playoff chances: 100% The Lightning's penalty kill is marginally better than the Panthers' (84.2% versus 79.8%). Tarasenko, who returned after his third shoulder surgery, had just four goals in 24 games. In more than 783 minutes together, they have outscored teams by 29 goals and have a 73.23% expected goals for percentage. Use the NFL Playoff Machine from ESPN to predict the NFL Playoff matchups by generating the various matchup scenarios based on your selections. You don't need to know fancy stats to understand that is quite good. They're a very good team and capable of the upset. Joe Lunardi breaks down North Carolina's rsum and how the Tar Heels can earn a berth to the NCAA tournament. McDavid hasn't won a playoff round since 2017. 32 NFL players who could change teams this offseason, What NBA Finals runs from LeBron, Giannis can teach Jayson Tatum. Who voted for Messi, Mbappe, Putellas in The Best FIFA Awards? Modern international region, with players from outside of North American who were active for NHL franchises in the past dozen years. 3 Minnesota Wild. Advantage: New York, Health: The Islanders' biggest loss is captain Anders Lee, who has been out since March (ACL). First line: The Capitals trot out Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom on their top line. First line: The Jets' top line is well established: center Mark Scheifele (61 points in 55 games), flanked by wingers Kyle Connor and Blake Wheeler. Final top 50 prospect rankings 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. Jeff Petry was a revelation for Montreal this season, with 42 points in his first 55 games, skating 22:44 per game on average. ET (ESPN2) Game 2: Wednesday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. Toronto Maple Leafs. When Backstrom and Ovechkin have been on the ice together this season, they have outscored teams by 14 goals. Playoff chances: 100% Goaltending: The Panthers might have committed $70 million to Sergei Bobrovsky, but the Lightning have the best goalie in the game, full stop. Advantage: Colorado. Playoff position: C2 Regulation wins: 20 There have already been a number of big trades. Mock draft: First-round predictions Advantage: Even. The Jets averaged 3.15 goals per game with him, and 2.25 goals per game since he left the lineup. The Canadiens have the 19th-best power play (19.3%) and the 18th-best penalty kill (79.3%). Terms of Use 1 -- and then the debates begin. Next game: @ BOS (May 8) Forward Matt Calvert is out long term while goalie Pavel Francouz is done for the season. Minnesota's forward depth is highlighted by the defensive wizardry of Joel Eriksson Ek, Jordan Greenway and Marcus Foligno, who have an outstanding 65.7% expected goals percentage at 5-on-5. 4 and No. Games left: 1 Advantage: Even. More: Check out the full NHL postseason schedule here. Grubauer had a stellar regular season -- in a contract year -- with a 30-9-1 record and a .922 save percentage and was rolling with a .922 in the playoffs last season before the injury. Complete your bracket by selecting the winner in each of the games in the NCAA tournament. 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. Next game: vs. Games left: 2 Next game: @ PIT (May 8) After a winner is crowned from the four divisions, the "final four" will be rebracketed based on their regular-season records, with No. But at this point, the Oilers could put McDavid in with the equipment manager and the mascot and they'd be the best line in the game. Ryan Graves, Makar's primary partner last season, has combined with Samuel Girard for another solid pairing (61.0% expected goals). Tragic number: N/A, Points: 58 Next game: @ CBJ (May 8) The best part is it's completely free to play and we're offering $150K in total prizes this year! Like the Avs, the Blues aren't going anywhere if Jordan Binnington isn't taking them there, as Ville Husso is the backup. Vegas and St. Louis square off again tonight in a potential playoff preview (streaming on ESPN+), while the Avs get the Kings and the Wild face the Anaheim Ducks. Who will win each 2023 conference tournament? Advantage: Vegas, Coaching: This is Pete DeBoer's seventh playoff team. The 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket Challenge tests your ability to correctly predict the outcome of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Entry is free and simple: Create an NHL Account or Sign in; When the bracket opens, choose a league in which you would like to enter your first bracket and click, "CREATE BRACKET" While the Blues are locked into the No. can. Children's Online Privacy Policy Playoff chances: 100% Advantage: Colorado. Another night, another playoff spot clinched as we officially welcome the St. Louis Blues to the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs. ET (TBS) Game 5:. 1 Pittsburgh Penguins vs. No. Next game: vs. STL (May 8) Keep an eye on Ondrej Kase, who returned from a 52-game absence only to exit the season finale against Washington. 2 Edmonton Oilers vs. No. Games left: 8 He has also managed a packed roster well. Playoff position: N/A Ivan Barbashev and Kyle Clifford are among the options in the lineup. Florida Panthers vs. WC2. Play Tournament Challenge The past few years have spoiled us with an exuberance of blue-chip talent . Can the red-hot Hurricanes topple the Bruins at No. 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. The phenom had 104 points through 55 games this season, one of the most dominant runs for an offensive player in NHL history when adjusted for era. They've made life easy for Alexandre Carrier, a rookie who earned a bigger role midway through the season, and has played mostly with Ekholm. How will the matchups play out? Advantage: Winnipeg, Coaching: Two veteran coaches squaring off here. Series pick: Avalanche in five. Under this season's realignment, the playoffs will be division-based, with the top seed facing the fourth, the second facing the third and the . Nurse in particular has had a great two-way season, and was in the Norris Trophy conversation. Children's Online Privacy Policy Saad is working his way back, having been out since April 24. Complete your bracket by selecting your winner for each game of the NCAA Tournament, starting with the Sweet 16. His primary partner has been Alec Martinez, who is working his way back from an injury. 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