We’ve put together a collection of NHL playoff predictions for the Western Conference matchups.
We’ve included media outlets – Dobber Hockey, ESPN, NHL.com, Post Media, Sportsnet, The Fourth Period, USA Today and Yahoo! Sports – with predictions from 102 people.
Chicago Blackhawks vs Nashville Predators – 91 for the Blackhawks, 11 for the Predators.
Minnesota Wild vs St. Louis Blues – 57 for the Wild, 45 for the Blues.
Anaheim Ducks vs Calgary Flames – 83 for the Ducks, 19 for the Flames.
Edmonton Oilers vs San Jose Sharks – 82 for the Oilers, 20 for the Sharks
| Blackhawks vs Predators | Wild vs Blues | Ducks vs Flames | Oilers vs Sharks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dobber Hockey | ||||
| Dobber |  |  |  |  |
| Steve Laidlaw |  | | | |
| Ian Gooding | |  | | |
| Mario Prata | | |  | |
| Mike Clifford | | | | |
| Neil Parker | | | | |
| Adam Daly-Frey | | | | |
| Alex MacLean | | | | |
| Bren Des | | | | |
| Cam Robinson | | | |  |
| Chris Wassel | | | | |
| Eric Daoust | | | | |
| Fred Poulin | | | | |
| Kevin Leblanc | | | | |
| Kevin Wickersham | | | | |
| Rick Roos | | | | |
| Scott Marin | | | | |
| Tom Collins | | | | |
| ESPN | ||||
| Buccigross | | | | |
| Burnside | | | | |
| Cohn | | | | |
| Custance | | | | |
| Grant | | | | |
| Kavanagh | | | | |
| LeBrun | | | | |
| Levy | | | | |
| McDonald | | | | |
| McHenry | | | | |
| Melrose | | | | |
| Virk | | | | |
| NHL.com | ||||
| EJ Hradek | | | | |
| Brian Lawton | | | | |
| Tony Luftman | | | | |
| Michele McMahon | | | | |
| Dave Reid | | | | |
| Kevin Weeks | | | | |
| Arpon Basu | | | | |
| Amalie Benjamin | | | | |
| Tim Campbell | | | | |
| Brian Compton | | | | |
| Nick Cotsonika | | | | |
| Matt Cubeta | | | | |
| Lisa Dillman | | | | |
| Tom Gulitti | | | | |
| Adam Kimelman | | | | |
| Robert Laflamme | | | | |
| Mike Morreale | | | | |
| Bill Price | | | | |
| Shawn Roarke | | | | |
| Dan Rosen | | | | |
| Dave Stubbs | | | | |
| Post Media | ||||
| Lance Hornby | | | | |
| Wes Gilbertson | | | | |
| Steve Simmons | | | | |
| Bruce Garrioch | | | | |
| Mike Zeisberger | | | | |
| Michael Traikos | | | | |
| Stu Cowan | | | | |
| Dan Barns | | | | |
| Robert Tychkowski | | | | |
| Terry Koshan | | | | |
| Ed Willes | | | | |
| Ken Wiebe | | | | |
| Don Brennan | | | | |
| Terry Jones | | | | |
| Ken Warren | | | | |
| Jim Matheson | | | | |
| Ted Wyman | | | | |
| Kristen Odland | | | | |
| Johm Matisz | | | | |
| Sportsnet | ||||
| John Shannon | | | | |
| Eric Engels | | | | |
| Christine Simpson | | | | |
| Luke Fox | | | | |
| Chris Johnston | | | | |
| Mark Spector | | | | |
| Gord Stellick | | | | |
| Jeff Marek | | | | |
| David Amber | | | | |
| Sean McIndoe | | | | |
| Daren Millard | | | | |
| Ryan Dixon | | | | |
| Eric Francis | | | | |
| Rory Boylen | | | | |
| Doug MacLean | | | | |
| The Fourth Period | ||||
| Tab Bamford | | | | |
| Dennis Bernstein | | | | |
| Shawn Hutcheon | | | | |
| Patrick Kearns | | | | |
| David Pagnotta | | | | |
| Hannah Spraker | | | | |
| David Strehle | | | | |
| USA Today | ||||
| Kevin Allen | | | | |
| Jimmy Hascup | | | | |
| Mike Brehm | | | | |
| Yahoo! Sports | ||||
| Greg Wyshynski | | | | |
| Sean Leahy | | | | |
| Jen Neale | | | | |
| Josh Cooper | | | | |
| Ryan Lambert | | | | |
| Justin Cuthbert | | | | |
| Steve Laidlaw | | | | |