August 22, 2020

NHL Playoff Pick 'Em Round 2: Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs begins tonight at 8 p.m. when the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche resume their postseason rivalry. Cixelsyd leads our NHL Playoff Pick 'Em with 86 points, 9 ahead of Geneparmesan. Make your picks by the time each series drops the puck.

posted by rcade to hockey at 12:05 PM - 12 comments

The top goalscorers of round 1 were Bo Horvat, Anthony Beauvillier, Nazem Kadri, Denis Gurianov and Joe Pavelski with 6 goals. The top goalie was Carter Hart with a .944 save percentage.

The Stars, Canucks and Avalanche all scored 6 or more goals in a game. The Avalanche got 7 in games 4 and 5. The Stars got 7 in game 6 and the Canucks got 6 in game 6.

Five teams got shutouts: The Avalance, Canadiens, Flames, Flyers and Islanders.

My picks:

Stars in 7
Flyers in 5
Lightning in 6
Golden Knights in 7
Top goals: Joe Pavelski
Top goalie (save %): Carter Hart
Team scoring most goals: Stars
Team giving up 0 goals: Lightning

At least one Stars/Avalanche game will go to overtime tied at 7.

posted by rcade at 12:12 PM on August 22, 2020

My picks:

Avalanche in 6
Islanders in 7
Bruins in 7
Golden Knights in 6
Top goals: Pastrnak
Top goalie (save %): Jaroslav Halak
Team scoring most goals: Avalanche
Team giving up 0 goals: Islanders

posted by cixelsyd at 12:28 PM on August 22, 2020

My picks:

Avalanche in 6
Islanders in 7
Lightning in 6
Golden Knights in 6
Top goals: MacKinnon
Top goalie (save %): Andrei Vasilevskiy
Team scoring most goals: Lightning
Team giving up 0 goals: Avalanche

posted by geneparmesan at 12:31 PM on August 22, 2020

My picks:

Stars in 5
Islanders in 6
Lightning in 7
Canucks in 6
Top goals: Bo Horvat
Top goalie (save %): Semyon Varlamov
Team scoring most goals: Stars
Team giving up 0 goals: Lightning

posted by bender at 12:37 PM on August 22, 2020

GAMES
Islanders in 7
Bruins in 6
Golden Knights in 6
Avalanche in 6

STATS
Top Goals: B. Horvat (VAN)
Goalie Save %: P. Grubauer (COL)
Team Scoring Most Goals: Colorado
Team Game Shutout: none

posted by NoMich at 12:52 PM on August 22, 2020

My picks:

Avalanche in 7
Islanders in 6
Lightning in 6
Golden Knights in 5
Top goals: Point (Lightning)
Top goalie (save %): Semyon Varlamov
Team scoring most goals: Lightning
Team giving up 0 goals: Islanders

posted by jagsnumberone at 01:07 PM on August 22, 2020

NoMich: Please enter those picks in the form also.

Just so people know, there was one prop that changed in this round. Instead of picking a team that gets 6 or more goals, it's the team that scores the most total.

posted by rcade at 01:15 PM on August 22, 2020

Well, that was silly of me. Going to the form now. Please refer to grum's post from today with the baseball players swearing.

posted by NoMich at 01:41 PM on August 22, 2020

My picks:

Avalanche in 6
Islanders in 7
Bruins in 6
Golden Knights in 6
Top goals: B. Horvat (VAN)
Top goalie (save %): Philipp Grubaeur
Team scoring most goals: Avalanche
Team giving up 0 goals: Avalanche


Go Hurricanes! Go play golf. /sad

posted by NoMich at 01:42 PM on August 22, 2020

My picks:

Stars in 6
Flyers in 7
Bruins in 6
Golden Knights in 5
Top goals: Miro Heiskanen
Top goalie (save %): Jaroslav Halak
Team scoring most goals: Flyers
Team giving up 0 goals: Golden Knights


posted by Ufez Jones at 01:53 PM on August 22, 2020

(and yes, I've noticed a *lot* of sad-sack Blues-fans in my neighborhood while walking my dog today)

posted by Ufez Jones at 02:26 PM on August 22, 2020

My picks:

Avalanche in 7
Islanders in 5
Lightning in 6
Canucks in 6
Top goals: JT Miller
Top goalie (save %): Jacob Markstrom
Team scoring most goals: Avalanche
Team giving up 0 goals: Canucks


posted by rumple at 04:07 PM on August 22, 2020

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