The Chicago Blackhawks will take on the Nashville Predators for a third time in the Stanley Cup Playoffs starting Thursday. With NHL being based on numbers and analytics, this post will touch on the “important numbers” for both teams.
Among them: the head-to-head record of both teams, the goals for and against, the goalie comparison and many others. In the playoffs, records in the regular season are irrelevant but leaned on heavily when predictions are being made.
Regular-season head-to-head record
The Chicago Blackhawks and Nashville Predators are Central Division rivals and squared off several times a year.