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May 13, 2016
NHL Playoff Pick 'Em, Round 3: The third round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs begins tonight at 8 p.m. EDT when the Tampa Bay Lightning play the Pittsburgh Penguins in the East. The other series begins Saturday when the San Jose Sharks visit the St. Louis Blues. Our NHL Pick 'Em contestants should pick the winners of both series, the number of games and some bonus categories.
Pittsburgh in 7
St. Louis in 5
Goal scorer: Crosby
Goalie: Elliott
PP%: Pittsburgh
Penalties: Killorn (TB)
Team GPG: Pittsburgh
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:37 PM on May 13, 2016
Lightning in 6
Sharks in 6
Goal Scorer: Pavelski
Goalie: Bishop
Power Play: Penguins
Penalty: Steen
Goals per Game: Sharks
posted by MeatSaber at 03:22 PM on May 13, 2016
Penguins in 6
Blues in 7
Goal Scorer: Johnson (Lightning)
Goalie: Elliott (Lightning)
PP%: Sharks
Penalty: Letang
GPG: Blues
posted by grum@work at 03:52 PM on May 13, 2016
Pittsburgh in 6
St. Louis in 6
Goal scorer: Kessel
Goaltender: Elliott
PP%: Pittsburgh
Penalty: Backes
GPG: Pittsburgh
posted by tommybiden at 03:57 PM on May 13, 2016
grum, Elliott/Lightning?
posted by tommybiden at 03:58 PM on May 13, 2016
Pittsburgh in 6
St. Louis in 7
Goal Scorer- Vladimir Tarasenko
Goalie best save %- Brian Elliott
Power Play %- Pittsburgh
Most Penalties Player- Alex Killorn
Team most points per game- St.Louis
posted by ic23b at 04:11 PM on May 13, 2016
Pittsburgh in 5
San Jose in 7
Goal scorer: Kucherov
Goalie: Jones
PP%: Pittsburgh
Penalties: Callahan
Team GPG: Pittsburgh
posted by bender at 04:36 PM on May 13, 2016
Tampa Bay in 7
St Louis in 6
Goals: Tarasenko
Goalie: Bishop
PP: St Louis
Penalties: Backes
Goals per game: Tampa
posted by rumple at 04:44 PM on May 13, 2016
St. Louis in 7
Tampa Bay in 7
Goals: Tarasenko
Goalie: Elliott
Power play: Tampa Bay
Penalties: Killorn
Goals per game: St. Louis
posted by rcade at 05:11 PM on May 13, 2016
Penguins in 7
Sharks in 7
Scorer: Kucherov
Goalie: Jones
PP%: Pittsburgh
Penalties: Steen
Team GPG: Pittsburgh
posted by cixelsyd at 05:32 PM on May 13, 2016
Penguins in 6
Sharks in 7
Goals: Kessel (on edit-TommyT, I thought I was pretty clever here. Sorry bout your luck).
SvPct: Elliott (the Sharks are going to pepper him!).
PP: San Jose.
Penalties: Coburn (TB)
GPG: Pitt.
posted by tahoemoj at 06:04 PM on May 13, 2016
Lightning in 7
Blues in 6
top goal scorer: Nikita Kucherov
best save percentage: Ben Bishop
best power play percentage: Sharks
penalized player: Alexander Steen
most goals per game: Lightning
posted by MrFrisby at 07:02 PM on May 13, 2016
Dang it!
PIT in 6
SJS in 6
Goal scorer: J Pavelski (SJS)
Save percentage: M Murray (PIT)
Power play percentage: Pittsburgh Penguins
Penalized player: J Bouwmeester (STL)
Team goals: San Jose Sharks
posted by NoMich at 08:47 PM on May 13, 2016
TB in 7
STL in 7
Kucherov
Bishop
SJ
Callahan
SJ
posted by holden at 10:36 PM on May 13, 2016
grum, Elliott/Lightning?
Yeah, that was a brain fart on my part. I meant Elliot (Blues). I typed "Lightning" because of the line above.
posted by grum@work at 10:44 PM on May 13, 2016
Too much to do today. Didn't hit the computer until after 9:00 tonight. Had to cut the lawn before it rained, grocery shopping for the week, and had to umpire a double header this afternoon. After the games my wife and I headed to our favorite Mexican joint for dinner. This retirement crap doesn't leave you with a lot of time to do the really necessary things like pick 'ems. I will pass on the Tampa vs Pittsburgh series, but will go with the rest.
San Jose in 7
Goal Scorer: Logan Couture
Save Percentage: Martin Jones
Power Play Percentage: San Jose
Most Penalized: Alexander Steen
Most Goals (team): San Jose
posted by Howard_T at 12:09 AM on May 14, 2016
Much like Howard, I was just too busy today to get to my computer before now. ( I manage a restaurant and I'm going on vacation starting Wednesday, so been super busy getting both things at home and at work ready for me being gone for a week/lol.)
I'm take San Jose in 6 (would take Tampa in 7 if allowed)
Goal scorer: Benn Save Percentage: Murray Power Play: San Jose Penalty: Callahan Goals: St. Louis
posted by jagsnumberone at 03:18 AM on May 14, 2016
Round 2 results
St. Louis in 7 over Dallas
San Jose in 7 over Nashville
Tampa in 5 over N.Y. Islanders
Pittsburgh in 6 over Washington
Top 3 goal scorers: 6: Logan Couture; 5: T.J. Oshie, 4: Joe Pavelski (MrFrisby), Mike Fisher, Troy Brouer, David Backes, Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov (ic23b)
Best starting goalie save percentage: .926, Matt Murray (nobody)
Best team power play percentage: .381, San Jose (billsaysthis, tahoemoj, holden, MrFrisby)
Best goals per game: 3.6, Tampa Bay (tommytrump, NoMich, cixelsyd, tahoemoj, MrFrisby)
Rules
Pick the two teams that will advance and the number of games each series will require. Each winner is worth two points.
Two extra points on each series winner for getting the number of games correct.
One point for picking the top goal scorer this round.
One point for picking the starting goalie with the best save percentage.
One point for picking the team with the best power play percentage.
One point for picking one of the top three most penalized players.
One point for picking the team that scores the most goals per game.