The first puck drop of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs is merely hours away. With thousands of brackets being made, let’s take a look at a more stats-based bracket involved using TWCScore values devised for the TWC Power Rankings.

The team with the higher TWCScore advanced, and the Round One games played were predicted based on relative TWCScore differences in each matchup.

Without further ado, this is what the 2019 TWC Power Rankings Playoff Bracket looks like.

TWCScore Playoff Bracket



For reference, these are the Week 26 Power Ranking TWCScores for playoff teams.

Western Conference

Pacific Division

Calgary Flames: 805.7

San Jose Sharks: 788.1

Vegas Golden Knights: 767.4

Central Division

Nashville Predators: 771.8

Winnipeg Jets: 749.9

St. Louis Blues: 782.8

Western Wild Card

Dallas Stars: 746.6

Colorado Avalanche: 731.9

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Tampa Bay Lightning: 874.9

Boston Bruins: 800.0

Toronto Maple Leafs: 786.6

Metropolitan Division

Washington Capitals: 753.0

New York Islanders: 780.7

Pittsburgh Penguins: 778.3

Eastern Wild Card

Carolina Hurricanes: 793.4

Columbus Blue Jackets: 763.8

Endless Possibilities

Who knows what will happen during the playoffs. However, when using TWCScore to determine winners of playoff matchups, the bracket looks half decent. Some favourites decidedly win, while other upsets seem to make sense.

Tampa Bay and Calgary, both boasting the top TWCScores in the East and West respectively, can collide for a Stanley Cup rematch one and half decades in the making.

We’ll find out over the coming weeks how these predictions pan out. Thanks for reading the TWC Power Rankings throughout the 2018-19 season! Now let’s enjoy some playoff hockey.