We’ve come to the halfway point of the 2015 playoffs and have seen sixteen teams vying for the Stanley Cup now reduced to four. Despite our New Jersey Devils being out of contention this year, we’ve been fortunate enough to see two gruelingly entertaining rounds of vintage playoff hockey. As the stakes get higher, the remaining four teams will begin to show their true colors and what lengths they will go to for a chance to hoist the Stanley Cup.
Here at Devils Army Blog, the staff and admins are continuing to submit our round-by-round playoff predictions. Let’s take a look at how we fared in the previous round before we get into our conference finals predictions…
New York Rangers Vs Washington Capitals…57% chose Washington
Montreal Canadiens Vs Tampa Bay Lightning…71% chose Tampa Bay
Anaheim Ducks Vs Calgary Flames…Everyone chose Anaheim
Chicago Blackhawks Vs Minnesota Wild…71% chose Chicago
Starting by conference, here are the statistical breakdowns of the remaining four teams…
Eastern Conference
| Teams | Record | GF | GA | PP/PK | SH | SH% | FO% | H |
| Rangers | 8-4-0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 15.8/89.3 | 32.2 | 6.2 | 44.8 | 32.6 |
| Lightning | 8-5-0 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 18.0/86.7 | 27.3 | 9.5 | 50.6 | 30.1 |
New York Rangers (1) Vs Tampa Bay Lightning (2)
| Teams | Season | GF | PP | SH | FO% | H |
| Rangers | 0-3-0 | 2.3 | 30.0 | 23.3 | 44.6 | 23.0 |
| Lightning | 3-0-0 | 5.0 | 33.3 | 26.6 | 55.4 | 19.0 |
DBK: Lightning in 6
Matt Cook: Lightning in 6
McCrohan: Lightning in 6
Mike Luci: Rangers in 7
Taz: Lightning in 6
Mike Michalski: Rangers in 7
KelsO: Lightning in 6
CB: Lightning in 6
Goodwin: Lightning in 5
Statik: Lightning in 6
Western Conference
| Teams | Record | GF | GA | PP/PK | SH | SH% | FO% | H |
| Ducks | 8-0-1 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 31.0/87.1 | 33.8 | 11.5 | 55.4 | 35.3 |
| Blackhawks | 8-2-0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 20.0/72.7 | 32.1 | 9.9 | 51.4 | 28.2 |
Anaheim Ducks (1) Vs Chicago Blackhawks (2)
| Teams | Season | GF | PP | SH | FO% | H |
| Ducks | 1-2-0 | 1.0 | 16.6 | 23.6 | 48.7 | 33.0 |
| Blackhawks | 2-1-0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 36.3 | 51.3 | 19.6 |
DBK: Ducks in 7
Matt Cook: Ducks in 7
McCrohan: Ducks in 5
Mike Luci: Blackhawks in 6
Taz: Ducks in 7
Mike Michalski: Blackhawks in 7
KelsO: Blackhawks in 7
CB: Ducks in 7
Goodwin: Whichever team in 6
Statik: Ducks in 7