The puck drops in mere moments!
Thanks for entering the ninth edition of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Prediction Challenge!
With 29 players, we have the most players taking part since 2011, and a $290 prize pool. There will be five prizes awarded, as follows:
| $130.50 |
| $72.50 |
| $43.50 |
| $29.00 |
| $14.50 |
Please find your predictions attached, and as they were entered by hand, please confirm that your predictions were recorded correctly.
For download: 2013-stanley-cup-conference-quarterfinals-predictions.pdf
Looking at our predictions, nobody has offered any hope that the New York Islanders or Minnesota Wild can upset the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins or Chicago Blackhawks, respectively. Every other team has at least six players supporting them.
(table corrected May 1, 13)
| Series | Series Picks | Average # of Games | |
| PIT-NYI | PIT 29 | NYI 0 | 5.07 |
| MTL-OTT | MTL 17 | OTT 12 | 6.31 |
| WSH-NYR | WSH 19 | NYR 10 | 6.45 |
| BOS-TOR | BOS 23 | TOR 6 | 6.17 |
| CHI-MIN | CHI 29 | MIN 0 | 5.00 |
| ANA-DET | ANA 21 | DET 8 | 6.21 |
| VAN-SJS | VAN 17 | SJS 12 | 6.52 |
| STL-LAK | STL 13 | LAK 16 | 6.59 |
Prediction Challenges! 
Two of John Woycheshin’s predictions were recorded incorrectly. I’ve updated the table.
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