Stanley Cup Playoff Pool - Landing Page

The Stanley Cup Playoffs are here! 

Bookmark this post: I'll update standings and stats and things here throughout the tournament.

Stats through Game 3 of the Cup Final                                (through games played June 13)

	West	East
Most goals scored (Team)	Edmonton = 67 Dallas = 52 Colorado = 43	Florida = 66 NY Rangers = 47 Carolina = 38
Lowest Team GAA	Nashville = 2.17 Vegas = 2.29 Dallas = 2.56 Edmonton = 2.76 Vancouver = 2.77	Florida = 2.15 Boston = 2.38 Toronto = 2.57 NY Rangers = 2.64
Player w/ most points (Individual stats for scoring and goalies are below)	Edmonton = 34 Dallas = 16 Colorado = 15	Florida = 21 NY Rangers = 20 Carolina = 12
Goalie w/ best save percentage (minimum 8 games or 500 minutes)	Dallas = .915 Vancouver = .898 Colorado = .897 Edmonton = .893	Boston = .933 NY Rangers = .927 Florida = .916

LIVE POOL STANDINGS

Rhee: 16 pts on current grid (Cup Champ = EDM) = 27 total

Paul: 16 pts on current grid  (Cup Champ = DAL) = 25 total

Marc: 16 pts on current grid (Cup Champ = FLA) = 20 total

Ben: 8 pts on current grid = 12 total

Rob: no current grid = 7 total

BONUS POOL TO MAKE UP POINTS

I personally can't stand the thought of players being totally out of the running as the playoffs near their end. This is the main reason I do not like standard bracket-style pools. So I'm offering this additional play for the folks under 20 points:

Take each of the four teams remaining, and before their Game 5 starts, you can "draft" one of these sets of players:

The team's top four scoring forwards based on points

All the other forwards on the teams

The defense

The goalies

Draft a different set of players for each team. 

In all of the remaining games, including the Stanley Cup Final, one point will be awarded to the team and player group that does each of the following:

i. Scores the first goal.

ii. Scores the game-winning goal.

iii. Contains the individual leader in shots blocked.

iv.     The winning goalie will also earn a point per game for their team.

Goals scored in overtime will earn an additional point.

Shutouts will earn a bonus point for both the goalies and the defense.

+3 points if the Conn Smythe winner is from your selected group.

TOP FOUR SCORING FORWARDS for each team (with number of game-winning goals scored):

DAL	Robertson  16 pts  (2) Johnston 15  (2) Benn 15 Seguin 12  (2)	FLA	Tkachuk 19 pts  (2) Verhaeghe 17   (2) Barkov 17    (3) Reinhart 12    (1)
EDM	McDavid 28 pts  (1) Draisaitl 26 pts  (2) Nugent-Hopkins 18  (1) Hyman 17   (2)	NYR	Trocheck 19 pts  (1) Panarin 14   (4) Zibanejad 14 Lafreniere 13

TOP SHOT BLOCKERS for each team (with position - D or F):

DAL	Tanev, 68 (D) Harley, 44 (D) Heiskanen, 40 (D) Lindell, 40 (D)	FLA	Montour, 25 (D) Forsling, 23 (D) Mikkola, 22 (D) Reinhart (F) & Ekblad (D), 21
EDM	Desharnais, 38 (D) Nurse, 37 (D) Kulak, 30 (D) Bouchard, 26 (D)	NYR	Trouba 67 (D) Fox, 37 (D) Schneider, 31 (D) Goodrow, 26 (F)

 

Round 2 - final results

Highlights:    League Leader            Next in West                 Next in East        Eliminated

Winning Picks in the grid + who has them.

STANDINGS

Rob: 0 pts this rd = 7 total

Rhee: 5 pts this rd = 11 total

Paul: 6 pts this rd = 9 total

Ben: 2 pts this rd = 4 total

Marc: 2 pts this rd = 4 total

Final Grid - covering the Conference and Stanley Cup Final:

GAA = Goals-Against Average.  The average number of goals that a team has allowed per game. 

* Goalie must have a minimum of 8 games or 500 minutes played.

SCORING:  5 points for the correct Cup Champion; 2 points for all other squares.

You may place your Stanley Cup champion in up to two boxes in their conference column. If the champion leads any of the statistical categories by the end of the playoffs, the next best team in that conference will also earn pool points.

EXAMPLE: If the Rangers win the Cup and lead the league in goals scored, with Carolina and Dallas as the next-highest teams, the scoring would work like this.

Prizes awarded to the top scorer on this grid alone AND the pool points leader overall.

NOTE:  If you find that the current leader in a category or conference is an eliminated team, you can put that team in your grid if you don't think any team that's still playing will surpass them in that category.

Overall Playoff Leaders through two rounds.

In several cases, the league-leading team has been eliminated. So you'll need to predict which team, if any, can surpass them by the end of the Cup Final. 

	West	East
Most goals scored (Team)	Edmonton = 46 Colorado = 43 Dallas = 38 Vancouver = 33	Florida = 39 Carolina = 38 NY Rangers = 35
Lowest Team GAA	Nashville = 2.17 Vegas = 2.29 Dallas = 2.38 Edmonton = 2.75	Boston = 2.38 Florida = 2.45 Toronto = 2.57 NY Rangers = 2.60
Player w/ most points  (Individual stats for scoring and goalies are below)	Edmonton = 23 Colorado = 15 Dallas = 13 Vancouver = 12	Florida = 14 NY Rangers = 14
Goalie w/ best save percentage (minimum 8 games or 500 minutes)	Dallas = .918 Vancouver = .898 Colorado = .897 Edmonton = .881	Boston = .933 NY Rangers = .923 Florida = .902

Individual Scorers (through Round 2)

GP = Games Played G=Goals  A=Assists  P=Points  EVP=Points at Even-Strength

Player	Team	GP	G	A	P	EVP	Shots
Leon Draisaitl	EDM	12	8	16	24	12	45
Connor McDavid	EDM	12	2	19	21	10	32
Evan Bouchard	EDM	11	5	15	20	12	40
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	EDM	12	4	12	16	9	17
Cale Makar	COL	11	5	10	15	7	36
Vincent Trocheck	NYR	10	6	8	14	5	30
Nathan MacKinnon	COL	11	4	10	14	7	46
Matthew Tkachuk	FLA	11	4	10	14	10	44
Mikko Rantanen	COL	11	4	10	14	9	32
Mika Zibanejad	NYR	10	3	10	14	5	24
Zach Hyman	EDM	12	11	2	13	9	50
Miro Heiskanen	DAL	13	5	8	13	6	34
Aleksander Barkov	FLA	11	5	8	13	7	27
Brock Boeser	VAN	12	7	5	12	10	27
Jason Robertson	DAL	13	3	9	12	6	26
J.T. Miller	VAN	13	3	9	12	8	29
Wyatt Johnston	DAL	12	7	4	11	7	42
Valeri Nichushkin	COL	8	9	1	10	5	24
Chris Kreider	NYR	10	7	3	10	4	29
Carter Verhaeghe	FLA	10	6	4	10	8	39
Sebastian Aho	CAR	10	3	7	10	10	28
Sam Reinhart	FLA	10	5	4	9	6	46

 

Goalies – minimum 8 games or 500 min. played

GP = Games Played  SA = Shots Against  SVS = Saves   SP = Save Percentage  GAA = Goals-Against Average Min = Minutes Played

Player	Team	GP	SA	SVS	SP	GAA	Min
Igor Shesterkin	NYR	10	324	299	.923	2.40	626
Sergei Bobrovsky	FLA	11	264	238	.902	2.37	657
Jake Oettinger	DAL	13	355	326	.918	2.09	832
Jeremy Swayman	BOS	12	373	348	.933	2.15	697
Frederik Andersen	CAR	10	267	239	.895	2.62	642
Alexander Georgiev	COL	11	311	279	.897	2.85	694
Stuart Skinner	EDM	10	235	201	.881	2.87	585
Arturs Silovs	VAN	10	283	254	.898	2.91	598

Sample grids. The grids show you results from Round 1.

TIES/REPEATS

EAST Most penalty min: Carolina, then Washington

Carolina – first in Penalties Drawn and Net Penalties

WEST Net penalties: Edmonton, then Dallas

TIES/REPEATS & Notes

Fewest goals allowed: Boston, then Carolina.

WEST Fewest shots against: Vancouver, then Dallas. 

EAST Fewest shots against: NYR, then Washington. 

Round 1 so far (one more game to go)

Writing this the morning of Sunday, May 5. Will keep updating periodically.

First Round Pool Standings:

NOTE: Vegas or Dallas can also earn a point in the middle, "Longest Series in the West" square.

Rob: 7 points     

Rhee: 6 points

Paul (me): 3 points

Marc: 2 points

Ben: 2 points

Join the Pool for the Second Round!

The form will be available shortly, along with some new preview sample grids to help with your picks. Here is the grid you will complete:

Forms will be accepted at any time before the first game of the second round begins.

Post your grid in the comments or send via What'sApp or email it to me: coach.pinza@gmail.com  

Entry fee: $20 - do the Venmo    [ You do NOT have to pay more than once for the entire playoffs. First round players do NOT pay for future rounds. ]

($10 will go to prize money, the rest to scholarships for students at Chabot College who are transferring to university.  You're welcome to increase your donation by simply increasing the payment.)  

Full, detailed rules and sample grids available through my three preview blogs:  1,  2,  3.

Good luck everyone!

Mr. P