Daily Faceoff staff give their first round NHL Playoff predictions

With the Stanley Cup Playoffs set to kick off tomorrow with game one between the Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals, we at Daily Faceoff thought it would be fitting to give our predictions for who will make it through the first round and which clubs will be sent home.

David Quadrelli

TOR vs MTL: TOR in seven

EDM vs WPG: EDM in six

COL vs STL: COL in five

MIN vs VGK: VGK in six

PIT vs NYI: PIT in seven

BOS vs. WSH: BOS in six

CAR vs NSH: CAR in four

FLA vs. TBL: TBL in six

Zach Laing

TOR vs MTL: TOR in six

EDM vs WPG: EDM in five

COL vs STL: COL in four

MIN vs VGK: MIN in seven

PIT vs NYI: NYI in six

BOS vs. WSH: BOS in five

CAR vs NSH: CAR in five

FLA vs. TBL: TBL in seven

Cam Lewis

TOR vs MTL: TOR in six

EDM vs WPG: EDM in six

COL vs STL: COL in five

MIN vs VGK: VGK in six

PIT vs NYI: NYI in seven

BOS vs. WSH: BOS in six

CAR vs NSH: CAR in six

FLA vs. TBL: FLA in seven

Zach thinks Minnesota’s regular-season head to head record of 5-1-2 against Vegas shouldn’t be ignored, but Cam and I think Vegas will get the job done.

Do you think we’ll see any upsets? If so, who? Let us know in the comments section below.