Three more qualifying series begin Sunday, along with a pair of round-robin games, one from each conference.
The action starts with the No. 6 seed Predators facing the No. 11 seed Coyotes from Rogers Place in Edmonton. One of the biggest question marks for this games involves the health of Arizona forward — and former Blackhawks draft pick — Nick Schmaltz, who left Thursday’s exhibition game with an apparent upper-body injury.
The Flyers and Bruins open the Eastern Conference round-robin schedule with their first game, while a pair of Central Division foes will meet later that day when the Blues and Avalanche face off for the first Western Conference round-robin game.