NHL playoffs 2009 - West matchups
2nd round, dates to be determined (4/28)
2 Detroit Red Wings vs 8 Anaheim Ducks
3 Vancouver Canucks vs 4 Chicago Blackhawks
1 San Jose Sharks vs 8 Anaheim Ducks (Anaheim wins series 4-2)
Season series: San Jose took 4 out 6 from Anaheim
Records
San Jose: 53-18-11, 117 pts
Anaheim: 42-33-7, 91 pts
Games
Game 1: Anaheim 2-0 (Getzlaf with a goal and assist, Hiller shut out in his first playoff game)
Game 2: Anaheim 3-2 (Hiller: 42 saves)
Game 3: San Jose 4-3 (Boyle: 2 goals and an assist, Blake: goal and an assist)
Game 4: Anaheim 4-0 (B.Ryan: 2 goals, C.Perry: Goal and an assist, Hiller: 31 saves)
Game 5: San Jose 3-2 (ot) (Thornton: a goal and 2 assists, Setoguchi: goal and an assist, Marleau: game-winning goal)
Game 6: Anaheim 4-1 (Hiller: 36 saves, Getzlaf: a goal and an assist, Pronger: 2 assists)
Team stats
San Jose: 3.13 goals per game, 2.49 goals allowed per game, 2nd best PP in west, 3rd best PK in west, have league's best home record
Anaheim: 2.99 goals per game, 2.9 goals allowed per game, 3rd best PP in west, 2nd worst PK in west, played well on the road all season
Starting goaltenders
San Jose: Evgeni Nabokov (41 victories and a 2.44 GAA...had a very solid season)
Anaheim: Jonas Hiller or J.S Giguere (both goalies started 46 games, Hiller has a much better goals against so i expect him to get the nod)
Key players
San Jose
Joe Thornton-C (25 goals, 61 assists, 86 pts)
Patrick Marleau-C (38 goals, 33 assists, 71 pts)
Devin Setoguchi-RW (31 goals, 34 assists, 65 pts)
Dan Boyle-D (16 goals, 41 assists, 57 pts)
Anaheim
Ryan Getzlaf-C (25 goals, 66 assists, 91 pts)
Corey Perry-RW (32 goals, 40 assists, 72 pts)
Scott Niedermayer-D (14 goals, 45 assists, 59 pts)
Injuries
San Jose
K.Huskins-D (I.R)
Prediction: San Jose in 5, too many weapons
2 Detroit Red Wings vs 7 Columbus Blue Jackets (Detroit wins series 4-0)
Season series: Teams split the series 3 to 3
Records:
Detroit: 51-21-10, 112 pts
Columbus: 41-31-10, 92 pts
Games
Game 1: Detroit 4-1 (Hudler with a goal and an assist, Samuelsson and Filppula: 2 assists each)
Game 2: Detroit 4-0 (Lidstrom: 2 assists, Osgood: 25 saves)
Game 3: Detroit 4-1 (Cleary: 1 goal and 2 assists, Zetterberg: 2 goals, Osgood: 31 saves)
Game 4: Detroit 6-5 (Hossa: 2 goals, Lidstrom/Holmstrom: a goal and an assist each, Franzen: Game winning goal with under a minute left)
Team stats
Detroit: 3.6 goals per game, 2.98 goals allowed per game, best PP in west, worst PK of any team still left in west, 2nd best record at home, only won 3 of last 10 games
Columbus: 2.76 goals per game, 2.8 goals allowed per game, worst PP of anyone in playoffs, 4th best PK in west, under .500 on the road this year
Starting goaltenders
Detroit: Chris Osgood or Ty Conklin (Conklin put up much better numbers, but Osgood started the playoffs during their championship run last year)
Columbus: Steve Mason (young goalie had an outstanding season, 2.29 GAA with a .916 save %, he will be the key in this series)
Key players
Detroit
Pavel Datsyuk-C (32 goals, 65 assists, 97 pts)
Henrik Zetterberg-C (31 goals, 42 assists, 73 pts)
Marian Hossa-RW (40 goals, 31 assists, 71 pts)
Nicklas Lidstrom-D (16 goals, 43 assists, 59 pts)
Columbus
Rick Nash-LW (40 goals, 39 assists, 79 pts)
Kristian Huselius-LW (21 goals, 35 assists, 56 pts)
RJ Umberger-C (26 goals, 20 assists, 46 pts)
Injuries
Detroit
Kris Draper-C
Columbus
Brassard-C (IR)
Prediction: Detroit gets a lot of hell from Columbus but win in 6 games (Note: Couldn't have been more wrong on that one, Columbus bows out in 4 games..)
3 Vancouver Canucks vs 6 St. Louis Blues (Vancouver wins series 4-0)
Season series: Teams split the series 2 to 2
Records
Vancouver 45-27-10, 100 pts
St. Louis: 41-31-10, 92 pts
Games
Game 1: Vancouver 2-1 (D.Sedin a goal and an assist, solid night from Loungo)
Game 2: Vancouver 3-0 (Loungo: 30 saves, H.Sedin: a goal and an assist)
Game 3: Vancouver 3-2 (S.Salo: 2 assists, Backes/McDonald: goal and an assist each in loss)
Game 4: Vancouver 3-2 (ot) (Burrows: 2 goals including game-winner, W.Mitchell: 2 assists)
Team stats
Vancouver: 3.0 goals per game, 2.68 goals allowed per game, 6th best PP in west, 5th best PK in west, playing pretty well down the stretch
St. Louis: 2.84 goals per game, 2.84 goals allowed per game, 4th best PP in west, best PK of any team left in west, not a good road record, really played well in their last 10 games
Starting goaltenders
Vancouver: Roberto Loungo (establishing himself as possibly the best goalie over the past couple years, 39 wins with a 2.34 GAA, and 9 shutouts...another year in goal for Loungo)
St. Louis: Chris Mason (young goalie had a very solid year...2.41 GAA with a .916 save %)
Key players
Vancouver
Daniel Sedin-LW (31 goals, 51 assists, 82 pts)
Henrik Sedin-C (22 goals, 60 assists, 82 pts)
Pavel Demitra-RW (20 goals, 33 assists, 53 pts)
Ryan Kesler-C (26 goals, 33 asissts, 59 pts)
St. Louis
Brad Boyes-RW (33 goals, 39 assists, 72 pts)
David Backes-LW (31 goals, 23 assists, 54 pts)
David Perron-LW (15 goals, 35 assists, 50 pts)
Prediction: Too much Loungo, St. Louis will hang but Vancouver wins in 6
4 Chicago Blackhawks vs 5 Calgary Flames (Chicago wins series 4-2)
Season series: Chicago won all 4 meetings
Records
Chicago 46-24-12, 104 pts
Calgary 46-30-6, 98 pts
Games
Game 1: Chicago 3-2 (ot) (Havlat: 2 goals, including the OT winner)
Game 2: Chicago 3-2 (Toews: 2 goals, Sharp: 1 goal and an assist)
Fame 3: Calgary 4-2 (D.Moss: 2 goals, Glencross: 2 assists, Havlat/Sharp: goal and an assist each in loss)
Game 4: Calgary 6-4 (Iginla: 2 goals and an assist, Jokinen: 2 goals and an assist, Nystrom: a goal and 2 assists)
Game 5: Chicago 5-1 (Seabrook: a goal and 2 assists, Havlat: 2 assists)
Game 6: Chicago 4-1 (Knabibulin: 43 saves, Byfuglien: a goal and 2 assists, Kane: a goal and an assist)
Team stats
Chicago: 3.22 goals per game, 2.63 goals allowed per game, 5th best PP in west, 6th best PK in west, 3rd best home record in west, really rolling lately
Calgary: 3.1 goals per game, 3.02 goals allowed per game, 2nd worst PP in west, 2nd best PK in west, only 4 out of last 10
Starting goaltenders
Chicago: Nikolai Knabibulin (25-8 in the reg season, 2.33 with .919 save %)
Calgary: Mikka Kiprosoff (45 wins but a 2.84 GAA)
Key players
Chicago
Martin Havlat-RW (29 goals, 48 assists, 77 pts)
Patrick Kane-RW (25 goals, 45 assists, 70 pts)
Jonathan Toews-C (34 goals, 35 assists, 69 pts)
Brian Campbell-D (7 goals, 45 assists, 52 pts)
Calgary
Jarome Iginla-RW (35 goals, 54 assists, 89 pts)
Michael Cammalleri-LW (39 goals, 43 assists, 82 pts)
Dion Phaneuf-D (11 goals, 36 assists, 47 pts)
Prediction: Blackhawks get a big series out of Knabibulin...they win in 6
