Alternate History Sports / 2022 Stanley Cup Playoff Predictions Contest

**Posted by Stickman** 5/01/2022 4:12 pm

Hurricanes over Bruins in 6
Penguins over Rangers in 7
Panthers over Capitols in 6
Lightning over Maple Leafs in 5
Flames over Stars in 4
Oilers over Kings in 6
Avalanche over Predators in 5
Blues over Wild in 7

Hurricanes over Penguins in 7
Panthers over Lightning in 7 (let's hope for an all-time great series in the Ice Cold Florida Classic!)
Flames over Oilers in 6
Avalanche over Blues in 7

Panthers over Hurricanes in 6
Avalanche over Flames in 5

Avalanche over Panthers in 6
Smythe: Mikko Rantanen
Total Goals: 38

**Posted by ProsecutorMilesEdgeworth** 5/01/2022 4:40 pm

Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers: Panthers in 7
Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning: Lightning in 6
Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes: Bruins in 7
Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers: Penguins in 5

St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild: Wild in 6
Colorado Avalanche vs Nashville Predators: Avalanche in 5
Calgary Flames vs Dallas Stars: Stars in 7
Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings: Kings in 7

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers: Lightning in 5
Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins: Penguins in 6
Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche: Avalance in 6
Los Angeles Kings vs Dallas Stars: Stars in 7

Boston Bruins vs Tampa Bay Lightning: Lightning in 7
Colorado Avalanche vs Dallas Stars: Avalanche in 5

Stanley Cup Finals: Avalanche over Lightning in 6 games
Conn Smythe: Cale Makar
Tiebreaker: 39 total goals scored in series

**Posted by JamHeronArk** 5/01/2022 4:59 pm

Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers: Florida in 5
Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning: Toronto in 6
Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina in 7
Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers: Pittsburgh in 7

St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild: Minnesota in 7
Colorado Avalanche vs Nashville Predators: Nashville in 7
Calgary Flames vs Dallas Stars: Calgary in 5
Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings: Edmonton in 4

Toronto vs Florida: Florida in 6
Pittsburgh vs Carolina: Carolina in 4
Nashville vs Minnesota: Minnesota in 7
Edmonton vs Calgary: Calgary in 6

Carolina vs Florida: Florida in 7
Minnesota vs Calgary: Calgary in 5

Stanley Cup Finals: Calgary over Florida in 6 games
Conn Smythe: Johnny Gaudreau
Tiebreaker: 36 total goals scored in series

**Posted by QCS** 5/01/2022 5:16 pm

WSH vs. FLA: FLA in 5
TOR vs. TB: TB in 7
BOS vs. CAR: CAR in 6
PIT vs. NYR: NYR in 6

STL vs. MIN: MIN in 6
COL vs. NSH: COL in 5
CGY vs. DAL: CGY in 5
EDM vs. LA: EDM in 5

FLA vs. TB: FLA in 6
CAR vs. NYR: CAR in 7

COL vs. MIN: COL in 6
CGY vs. EDM: CGY in 5

FLA vs. CAR: CAR in 7
COL vs. CGY: COL in 6

Stanley Cup Finals: CAR over COL in 7 games
Conn Smythe: Sebastian Aho
Tiebreaker: 35 total goals scored in series

**Posted by Section30** 5/01/2022 10:52 pm

FLA vs. WSH: FLA in 4
TOR vs. TB: TB in 7
CAR vs. BOS: CAR in 7
NYR vs. PIT: PIT in 6

COL vs. NSH: NSH in 5
MIN vs. STL: MIN in 7
CGY vs. DAL: CGY in 4
EDM vs. LA: EDM in 6

FLA vs. TB: TB in 7
CAR vs. PIT: CAR in 5

MIN vs. NSH: MIN in 5
CGY vs. EDM: EDM in 7

CAR vs. TB: CAR in 7
MIN vs. EDM: MIN in 6

Stanley Cup: MIN over CAR in 7 games
Conn Smythe: Kirill Kaprizov
Tiebreaker: 41 total goals scored in series

**Posted by Rugrat** 5/02/2022 8:31 am

Panthers vs Capitals: Panthers in 5
Maple Leafs vs Lightning: Lightning in 7
Hurricanes vs Bruins: Bruins in 6
Rangers vs Penguins: Rangers in 7

Avalanche vs Predators: Avalanche in 4
Wild vs Blues: Wild in 6
Flames vs Stars: Flames in 5
Oilers vs Kings: Oilers in 7

Panthers vs Lightning: Lightning in 7
Rangers vs Bruins: Bruins in 6

Avalanche vs Wild: Avalanche in 6
Flames vs Oilers: Flames in 7

Lightning vs Bruins: Lightning in 5
Avalanche vs Flames: Flames in 6

Stanley Cup: Flames vs Lightning: Flames in 7
Conn Snythe: Matthew Tkachuk
Tie-Breaker: 34 goals scored in the series

**Posted by 3pointtally** 5/02/2022 10:01 am

2022 Stanley Cup 1st Round Matchups

Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers: Capitals in 7
Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning: Leafs in 7
Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes: Hurricanes in 7
Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers: Rangers in 5

St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild: Blues in 7
Colorado Avalanche vs Nashville Predators: Avalanche in 7
Calgary Flames vs Dallas Stars: Flames in 5
Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings: Kings in 6

Toronto vs. Washington: Leafs in 6
Hurricanes vs. Rangers: Hurricanes in 6
Avalanche vs. Blues: Blues in 7
Flames vs. Kings: Flames in 5

Toronto vs. Carolina: Leafs in 7
Calgary vs. St. Louis: Flames in 7

Stanley Cup Finals: Toronto vs. Calgary: Leafs in 7
Conn Smythe: Auston Matthews
Tiebreaker: 34 goals

**Posted by Wallflower** 5/02/2022 3:06 pm

Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers: FLA in 5
Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning: TB in 7
Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes: BOS in 6
Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers: NYR in 6

St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota Wild: MIN in 6
Colorado Avalanche vs Nashville Predators: COL in 5
Calgary Flames vs Dallas Stars: CGY in 6
Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings: EDM in 7

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers: FLA in 7
Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers: NYR in 6
Minnesota Wild vs Colorado Avalanche: COL in 7
Edmonton Oilers vs Calgary Flames: CGY in 6

New York Rangers vs Florida Panthers: NYR in 7
Calgary Flames vs Colorado Avalanche: COL in 6

Stanley Cup Finals: New York Rangers over Colorado Avalanche in 6 games
Conn Smythe: G Igor Shesterkin
Tiebreaker: 37 total goals scored in series

**Posted by Steelman** 5/02/2022 5:18 pm

Last call to get your predictions in! 7PM EST or whenever the first puck drops between Boston and Carolina.

**Posted by Steelman** 5/16/2022 8:49 pm

I've decided to use NHL bracket rules for scoring. And that leaves the big winner from Round One as IDM with a whopping 92 points!

Here is the AHS Stanley Cup Predictions spreadsheet. Round Two starts tomorrow!