Stanley Cup Playoffs: 1st Round, Predators VS Red Wings

Nashville (4) VS Detroit (5)

Offense

Nashville

Forwards

Erat (71GP, 19G / 39 A / 58 Pts)

Legwand (78, 19 / 34 / 53)

Fisher ( 72, 24 / 27 / 51)

Hoengvist (76, 27 / 16 / 43)

Sergi Kostityn (75, 17 / 26 / 43)

Smith (72, 14 / 22 / 36)

Wilson (68, 15 / 20 / 35)

Tootoo (77, 6 / 24 / 30)

Halischuk (73, 15 / 13 / 28)

Spaling (77, 10 / 12 / 22)

Defenceman

Weber (78, 19 / 30 / 49)

Suter (79, 7 / 39 / 46)

Klein (66, 4 / 17 / 21)

Detroit

Forwards

Zetterberg (82, 22 / 47 / 69)

Datsyuk (70, 19 / 48 / 67)

Filppula (81, 23 / 43 / 66)

Franzen (77, 29 / 27 / 56)

Hudler (81, 25 / 25 / 50)

Bertuzzi (71, 14 / 24 / 38)

Cleary (75, 12 / 20 / 32)

Helm (68, 9 / 17 / 26)

Miller (80, 14 / 11 / 25)

Holmstrom (74, 11 / 13 / 24)

Abdelkader (81, 8 / 14 / 22)

Defenceman

Kronwall (82, 15 / 22 / 37)

Lidstrom (70, 11 / 22 / 33)

White (77, 7 / 25 / 32)

Stuart (81, 6 / 15 / 21)


Edge: (Slight) Detroit

Defence



Nashville

Defenceman

Weber (+21)

Suter (+15)

Hillen (55 GP, +6)

Ellis (32 GP +5)

Forwards

Erat (+12)

Fisher (+11)

Halishuck (+9)

Horgvist (+9)

Sergei Kostitsyn (+8)

Andrei Kostitsyn (19 GP, + 7)

Wilson (+5)

Detroit

Defenceman

White (+23)

Lidstrom (+21)

Ericsson (69 GP, +16)

Stuart (81 GP, +16)

Kindl (55 GP, +7)

Forwards

Bertuzzi (+23)

Franzen (+23)

Datsyuk (+21)

Fippula ((+18)

Zetterberg (+14)

Hudler (+10)

Miller (+6)

Helm (+5)


Edge: (Slight) Detroit

Goaltending

Nashville

Rinne (73 GP, 43 W / 18 L / 8 OTSO / 2.39 GAA / .923 / 5 SO)

Lindback (16, 5 / 8 / 0 / 2.42 / .912 / 0)

Detroit

Howard (57, 35 / 17 / 4 / 2.12 / .920 / 6)

MacDonald (14, 8 / 5 / 1 / 2.16 / .912 / 0)

Conklin ( 15,  5 / 6 / 1 / 3.28 / .884 / 1)


Edge: (Slight) Collective goaltending, Nashville. (Slight) Starting goaltending, Detroit

Toughness

Nashville (26 Fights)

McGrattan (30 GP, 6 fights)

Tootoo (5)

Detroit (21 Fights)

Abdelkader (6 Fights)


Edge: (Slight) Nashville

Prediction: Detroit in 7 games


References


"Hockey Fights, Stats, Reviews And Trading." Hockey Fights, Stats, Reviews And Trading. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2012. <http://www.dropyourgloves.com/Top.aspx>

"Official Site of the National Hockey League” NHL.com. National Hockey League. Web. 11 Apr. 2012. <https://www.nhl.com>

Sports Reference LLC. Hockey-Reference.com - Hockey Statistics and History. http://www.hockey-reference.com/. Web. 11 Apr. 2012.