The first round is already over, and this is how things stacked up from it:

Pittsburgh 0.812 0.560 0.380 0.209
Montreal 0.556 0.310 0.131 0.052
Washington 0.487 0.240 0.095 0.035
Boston 0.597 0.299 0.140 0.059
Toronto0.403 0.162 0.060 0.020
NY Rangers 0.513 0.219 0.100 0.039
Ottawa 0.444 0.145 0.070 0.025
NY Islanders 0.188 0.064 0.023 0.006

Chicago0.871 0.689 0.531 0.368
Anaheim0.592 0.355 0.132 0.060
Vancouver0.482 0.200 0.054 0.019
St Louis 0.495 0.221 0.078 0.032
Los Angeles0.505 0.228 0.081 0.033
San Jose 0.518 0.167 0.058 0.021
Detroit0.408 0.097 0.048 0.018
Minnesota0.129 0.043 0.016 0.004

The predictor goes a solid 6/8 on the first round predictions, with Detroit and Ottawa being the misses. Although we got a bit of help from Boston's unlikely 3 goal come-back in the third period of game 7.

Here's what the next round looks like:

Pittsburgh 0.702 0.462 0.242
Boston 0.533 0.225 0.090
NY Rangers 0.467 0.181 0.067
Ottawa 0.298 0.133 0.045

Chicago0.798 0.626 0.420
Los Angeles0.551 0.162 0.063
San Jose 0.449 0.115 0.040
Detroit0.202 0.097 0.034

Chicago is now the overwhelming favourite to win the cup according to the simulator. Here's hoping the 2nd round is fun to watch!

Herald